# Accident 20090911049289A: Cirrus SR-22, Rockhill, SC, September 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2009, 07:14 local time
- Place: Rockhill, SC
- Airport: Rockhill/York County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9878° N, 81.0569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9878&lon=-81.0569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922XX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N922XX-2017-06-01) (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 SR-22
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 385 total, 385 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09FA515](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA515) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090911049289A

## Narrative

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

REPORTS INDICATE PILOT WAS PLANNING TAKEOFF AND LANDING PRACTICE. ON FIRST DEPARTURE WITNESS REPORT AIRCRAFT THROTTLED UP SHORTY AFTER TAKEOFF AND MADE A LEFT TURN AND APPEARED TO  BE RETURNINGS TO THE AIRPORT. PILOT MADE NO CALLS. WITNESS REPORTED AIRCAFT IN STEEP TURN PRIOR TO CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE AIRPORT RUNWAY AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT AND FIRE. PILOT FATALLY INJURIED. NO PAX. AFTER COMPLETION THE ON SIGHT INVESTIGATION THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS TRANSPORTED TO ATLANTA SALVAGE FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. FURTHER ENGINE EXAMINATION DID NOT REVEAL ANY EVIDENCE OF MACHNICAL FAILURE. ENGINE TRANSPORTED TO MFG FOR FURTHER EVUATION. FLIGHT DATA RECORDER AND CRT CHIPS FORWARDED TO NTSB FOR DATA RECOVERY. REVIEW OF FLIGHT RECORDER DATA  BY THE NTSB DID NOT REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL FAILURES.

## 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 ERA09FA515](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09FA515), Sep 11, 2009: Cirrus SR-22 (N922XX), Rock Hill, SC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control and altitude while maneuvering after takeoff.

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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