# Accident 20090730048049A: Cirrus Desi SR22, Ravenswood, WV, July 30, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2009, 21:53 local time
- Place: Ravenswood, WV
- Airport: Ravenswood
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0344° N, 81.7383° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0344&lon=-81.7383&mi=10
- Aircraft: N581DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N581DS-2009-12-31) (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 DESI SR22
- Reported engine: TCM TSIO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 18,700 total, 500 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA429) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090730048049A

## Narrative

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

RAVENSWOOD AIRPORT, WV (I18): N581DS, AN SR22, DEPARTED YORK, NE (JYR) ENROUTE TO EAGLE CREEK, IN (EYE), CRASHED FOR REASONS UNKNOWN IN A RURAL AREA 9.6 MILES FROM RAVENSWOOD AIRPORT, WV (I18). THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES RESPONDED AND REPORTED NO INJURIES OR DAMAGES ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, SUSTAINED FATAL 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 ERA09FA429](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA429), Jul 31, 2009: Cirrus SR-22 (N581DS), Ravenswood, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's improper modification of the certified, on-board oxygen system, which resulted in incapacitation due to hypoxia, and the airplane's subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain.

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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