# Accident 20081113856869A: Cirrus SR22, Tallahassee, FL, November 13, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2008, 19:17 local time
- Place: Tallahassee, FL
- Airport: Tallahassee Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3986° N, 84.3025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3986&lon=-84.3025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N827GM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N827GM-2015-05-11) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO550*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 721 total, 17 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA053) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081113856869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PLANE A CIRRUS/SR-22, CRASHED INTO A HOUSE AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ APPROXIMATELLY 1.77 MILES FROM THE TALLAHASSEE REGIONAL AIRPORT.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE CIRRUS SR22, ENROUTE FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO TO TALLAHASSEE WITH THE PILOT AND HIS WIFE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL IFR APPROACH TO ILS RUNWAY 27 WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF HIS AIRPLANE.  THE PILOT WAS INSTRUMENT RATED WITH 74 HOURS OF ACTUAL INSTRUMENT TRAINING AND 65 HOURS OF SIMULATOR TRAINING.  THE AIRPLANE HIT AN ELECTRICAL LINE AND THE AIRPLANE SPUN AND HIT TWO CARS THAT WERE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY.  THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND LANDED UPSIDE DOWN AGAINST THE HOUSE.

## 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 ERA09FA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA053), Nov 14, 2008: Cirrus Design SR22 (N827GM), Tallahassee, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed on final approach, which resulted in a low-altitude aerodynamic stall and spin. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's failure to fly 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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