# Accident 20080422832209A: Cirrus SR22, Humphill, TX, April 22, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2008, 15:50 local time
- Place: Humphill, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3000° N, 93.6783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3000&lon=-93.6783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729SR-2017-07-14) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 1,600 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080422832209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 22, 2008 ABOUT 1550 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME A SINGLE ENGINE CIRRUS SR22 N729SR WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED WATER FOLLOWING LOSS OF CONTROL NEAR HEMPHILL, TEXAS. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND IFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. THE 427 NAUTICAL MILE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM TUPELO AIRPORT (TUP) TUPELO MISSISSIPPI AND WAS DESTINED FOR THE DAVID WAYNE HOOKS AIRPORT (DWH) HOUSTON, TEXAS. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY INFORMATION, WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT NEAR MONROE, LOUISIANA, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE PILOT WITH A FREQUENCY CHANGE; HOWEVER, THE PILOT DID NOT RESPOND. REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PILOT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AS THE PLANE CONTINUED FLYING A STRAIGHT LINE WHILE AT 10,000 FEET TOWARDS DWH. AT 1549 RADAR CONTROL WAS LOST IN THE AREA OF HEMPHILL, TEXAS.

## 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 DFW08FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08FA111), Apr 22, 2008: Cirrus Design SR22 (N729SR), Hemphill, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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