# Accident 20061027023899A: Cirrus SR22, Statesville, NC, October 27, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 27, 2006, 12:16 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7589° N, 80.9539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7589&lon=-80.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N969ES-2009-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 701 total, 472 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL07FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027023899A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON OR ABOUT 10-27-2006 AN IFR APPROACH WAS ATTEMPTED TO SVH RUNWAY 28 BY PILOT ^PRIVACY D^. THE PUBLISHED MISSED APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 ILS WAS TO CLIMB TO 1700' MSL THEN A CLIMBING LEFT TURN TO 3400' MSL VIA HEADING OF 080 DEG AND CLT R-024 TO PEGTE INT/I-SVH 12.2 DME AND HOLD. THE MISSED APPROACH WAS OBSERVED BY SEVERAL WITNESSES ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A MISSED APPROACH TO RUNWAY 28 AND TURNED RIGHT TOWARDS THE NORTH AND THEN CONTINUED TURNING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED BACK TOWARDS THE NORTH AND CROSSED RUNWAY 28 APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 300 FEET ABOVE HANGAR #1. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED TO THE RIGHT THEN BACK TOWARDS THE LEFT AND CONTACTED TREES APPROXIMATELY 600 YARDS FROM RUNWAY 28 HEADING IN A SOUTHERLY HEADING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A SMALL RAVINE BESIDE THE AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD. TWO PERSONS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TWO PERSONS FATALLY INJURED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL07FA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07FA013), Oct 27, 2006: Cirrus Design SR22 (N969ES), Statesville, NC, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering with a low ceiling in instrument flight conditions, resulting in an inadvertent stall, and collision with trees and the ground. Factors in…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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