# Accident 20071230828809A: Cirrus SR22, Creston, CA, December 30, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2007, 12:00 local time
- Place: Creston, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5422° N, 120.5228° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5422&lon=-120.5228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N254SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N254SR-2017-06-14) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071230828809A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 30, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:25 AM LOCAL TIME, WITNESS OBSERVED CIRRUS SR22, N254SR, MAKE A LOW PASS OF 75 TO 100 FEET OVER THE RESIDENCE OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WITNESS STATED AFTER THE LOW PASS THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP TO THE VERTICAL AND ROLLED INTO A STEEP BANK TURN, TO THE RIGHT. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WAS OBSERVED TO PITCH DOWN AND THE SOUNDS OF THE ENGINE SUDDENLY INCREASE, AS THE AIRCRAFT DISAPPEARED BELOW THE TREE TOPS. MOMENTS LATER BLACK SMOKE WAS OBSERVED RISING FROM THE SAME DIRECTION. EXAMINATION OF THE DEBRIS FIELD INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT IN A FLAT ATTITUDE SLIDING FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 300 YARDS, COMING TO A STOP AFTER STRIKING A TREE WITH THE LEFT WING, CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO RUPTURE. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE AND PILOT'S BODY WERE FOUND APPROXIMATELY 100 TO 150 YARDS PAST THE AIRCRAFT STOPPING POINT.

## 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 LAX08FA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08FA043), Dec 30, 2007: Cirrus Design SR22 (N254SR), Paso Robles, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's encounter with isolated moderate (or greater) turbulence, updrafts, and downdrafts associated with localized mountain wave conditions at low altitude, and, his failure to maintain…

## Other reports on N254SR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070715012749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070715012749I), Jul 15, 2007: Cirrus SR22 (N254SR), Reno, NV, No damage. (-23) N254SR, SR22, IFR enroute concord, CA, to alpine, WY, declared an emergency and diverted to Reno-tahoe int'l airport due to engine problems and smoke 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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