# Accident 20090129002729A: Cirrus SR22, Moncks Corner, SC, January 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2009, 15:00 local time
- Place: Moncks Corner, SC
- Airport: Berkeley County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1914° N, 80.0292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1914&lon=-80.0292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N224SB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224SB-2015-05-04) (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 IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,176 total, 844 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA148) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090129002729A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 29,2009, ABOUT 1450 EASTERN STANDARD TIME INSPECTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND I WERE AT THE BERKELEY COUNTY AIRPORT FOR A ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE.  AFTER SEVERAL RAMP INSPECTIONS A PILOT CAME OVER AND STATED THAT AN AIRCRAFT HAD JUST CRASHED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY 23.  NEITHER ONE OF US SAW THE ACCIDENT OR HEARD ANY NOISE.  WE TURNED AND SAW THE N224SB AS DESCRIBED BY THE LOCAL PILOT, WE BOTH IMMEDIATELY RESPONDED.  THE PILOT WAS STILL ALIVE WHEN WE ARRIVED, EMS RESPONED IN A VERY SHORT TIME AND REMOVED THE PILOT FROM THE WRECKAGE AND WE WERE ADVISED ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER THAT THE PILOT WAS NOW DECEASED.  THE PRELIMINARY RADAR AND VOICE COMMUNICATION DATE PROVED BY THE CHS ATC SHOWED THAT THE ACCIDENT AIRPLANE DEPARTED CHS ABOUT 1440, AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER BEGAN TRACKING IN A NORTHWESTERLY CLIMB, TOWARD 14A.  ABOUT 1446, THE PILOT ADVISED ATC, "I HAVE SOME FUMES IN THE COCKPIT, I'M TURNING AROUND."  THE PILOT THEN ADVISED THE CONTROLLER THAT HE WAS GOING TO DIVERT TO MKS, AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY WAS ISSUED A FREQUENCY CHANGE.  NO FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WERE RECIEVED FROM THE PILOT.

## 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 ERA09FA148](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA148), Jan 29, 2009: Cirrus Design SR22 (N224SB), Moncks Corner, SC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of aircraft control during the landing approach 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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