# Accident 20090629011589A: Cirrus SR22, Austin, TX, June 29, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2009, 10:30 local time
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Austin-Bergstrom International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1894° N, 97.5064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1894&lon=-97.5064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N220TX (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22
- Reported engine: CONT IO550N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 90 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09LA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090629011589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N220TX, A CIRRUS SR-22 SERIAL NO. 2951, WAS RETURNING TO AUSTIN TEXAS FROM HOUSTON TEXAS AT 4500 FEET.  PILOT FELT A SURGE THEN THE ENGINE STOPPED.  PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ONTO A PRIVATE DIRT ROAD.  THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BARB WIRE FENCE CREATING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE MAIN LANDING GEAR AND NOSE GEAR, ALSO BOTH WINGS SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGES.  UPON REMOVAL OF THE FUEL TANK FUEL FILLER CAPS, IT WAS CONFIRMED BOTH WING TANKS WERE EMPTY.  THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE.  PILOT REPORTED HE HAD NO INJURIES.

## 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 CEN09LA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA400), Jun 29, 2009: Cirrus Design SR22 (N220TX), Bastrop, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's failure to properly verify the fuel load prior to departure.

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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