# Accident 20080408833319A: Cirrus SR22, Fawnskin, CA, April 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 8, 2008, 21:45 local time
- Place: Fawnskin, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2572° N, 117.0092° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2572&lon=-117.0092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N868PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N868PC-2008-12-22) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,880 total, 1,880 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA108) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080408833319A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT PERISHED @2230 PST WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE 8400 FOOT LEVEL OF THE 8600 FT BUTLER PEAK, FAWNSKIN, CA. THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM RIR (FLABOB AIRPORT, RIVERSIDE, CA), AND HEADED EASTWARD TOWARDS BIG BEAR AIRPORT (L35), CA. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK BUTLER PEAK 10 MILES WEST OF L35.

## 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 SEA08FA108](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08FA108), Apr 9, 2008: Cirrus Design SR22 (N868PC), Big Bear City, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance from mountainous terrain. Contributing to the accident were the mountainous terrain, the dark night condition, the turbulent wind condition, and the…

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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