# Accident 20070409004269A: Cirrus SR22, Luna, NM, April 9, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2007, 12:10 local time
- Place: Luna, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0381° N, 108.9022° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0381&lon=-108.9022&mi=10
- Aircraft: N953CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N953CD-2017-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 340 total, 193 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN07LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070409004269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 9, 2007 AT 1210 MDT, N953CD, A CIRRUS SR-22 REGISTERED TO JCT 3 LEASING LLC, CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND AFTER THE PILOT ACTIVATED THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY BALLISTIC PARACHUTE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PRIVATE FLIGHT FROM TUCSON, AZ TO DENVER, CO WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE PILOT, WHO HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITH INSTRUMENT RATING, WAS NOT 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 DEN07LA082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN07LA082), Apr 9, 2007: Cirrus SR22 (N953CD), Luna, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to activate the pitot heat while flying in the clouds and visible moisture, resulting in pitot tube contamination and the subsequent loss of air data for the primary flight…

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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