# Accident 20091215052949A: Cirrus Desi SR22, OC, December 15, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2009, 15:15 local time
- Place: OC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3661° N, 85.4336° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3661&lon=-85.4336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N723LJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N723LJ-2017-03-24) (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: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FAMS1) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091215052949A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 15, 2009, AT 1520 EDT, A CIRRUS SR-22, N723LJ, SERIAL NO. 2402, OWNED AND OPERATED BY MARK ALLAN NICHTER, DEPARTED ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT, SPG, AND HEADED WEST TOWARD THE GULF OF MEXICO.  THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT RETURN TO SPG.  AN ALERT NOTICE (ALNOT) WAS FILED ON DECEMBER 17, 2009, AFTER A MISSING PERSONS REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY FAMILY MEMBERS.  THE LAST KNOWN RADAR FIX FROM JACKSONVILLE CENTER, ARTCC, ON DECEMBER 15, 2009, WAS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLOND INTERSECTION AT 1539 EDT, VFR 5,800 FEET AND CLIMBING.  AT 1615 EDT, TYNDALL ARSR-4 REPORTED AIRCRAFT LEAVING RADAR COVERAGE AT 9,900 FEET, 162 MILES, 176.66 DEGREES, FROM KPAM (LAT: 27 21 49.737 LONG: 085 26 01.089 W).  THE PLANE WAS IN A TURN BUT NO RATE OF DESCENT.  THE WEATHER WAS POOR WHEN THE SIGNAL WAS LOST.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  A COAST GUARD SEARCH WAS CONDUCTED FROM 17 TO 19 DECEMBER 2009.  THE SR-22 HAS USABLE FUEL CAPACITY OF 92 GALLONS WITH MAX RANGE OF 1170 NAUTICAL MILES.  THE LAST KNOWN FUEL PURCHASE OF 19.3 GALLONS WAS 11/20/2009.  BASED ON THE LAST KNOWN RADAR FIX AND IF THE AIRCRAFT HAD MAXIMUM FUEL AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE, N723LJ COULD HAVE REACHED THE FLORIDA CENTRAL COAST, NORTHERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE, OR CUBA.  NO DEBRIS OF ANY KIND FOUND DURING SEARCH.  THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT ARE STILL MISSING.  NOTE:  BLOCK 21, FACTORS, OPERATIONAL, WEATHER BLOCK WAS CHECKED AS A SECONDARY FACTOR ONLY TO PROCESS THIS FORM THROUGH ATQA.  PROGRAMMERS DID NOT ACCOUNT FOR A MISSING AIRCRAFT SITUATION WHEN DEVELOPING THE SOFTWARE.  AS SUCH, THE TECHNICAL AND OPERATIONAL BLOCKS CAN NOT BE CHECKED "UNKNOWN" AT THE SAME TIME.  ACCORDING TO THE ATQA HELP DESK, PROGRAMMERS SHOULD HAVE THIS RESOLVED BY JUNE 2010.

## 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 ERA10FAMS1](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10FAMS1), Dec 15, 2009: Cirrus SR22 (N723LJ), Gulf of Mexico, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Undetermined (airplane and pilot missing).

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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