# Accident 20110821018129A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Fall City, WA, August 21, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fall City, WA
- Airport: Fall City Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5594° N, 121.8636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5594&lon=-121.8636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N675DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N675DH-2013-02-15) (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 DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11FA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA407) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110821018129A

## Narrative

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

PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND 1 PASSENGER, REPORTED THE ACCIDENT TO NTSB ON  8/21/11, SUNDAY, 1130 PDT, WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES AT THE EAST END OF A PRIVATE AIRPORT AT FALL CITY, WA. HE STATED THAT HE DEPARTED PAINE FIELD AT AROUND 1110 (LOCAL) AND WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT HEADING TO WALLA WALLA FLYING AT 5000' AND WAS DIRECTED TO BANDERA INTERSECTION AND CLIMB TO 9000'. AT 7,500', HE NOTICED THAT THE AIRPLANE IS LOSING AIRSPEED, SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE LOW OIL WARNING LIGHT ACTIVATED, HE NOTIFIED ATC AND REQUESTED THE NEAREST AIRPORT. HE WAS DIVERTED TO FALL CITY, BEGAN A DESCENT, SAW THE AIRPORT AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND, NO WIND, LIGHT AND VARIABLE. HE SAID HE WASN'T SURE OF THE PATTERN ALTITUDE, TREE'S ON BOTH SIDES, CAME IN FROM THE WEST, TO THE EAST, ABORTED FIRST LANDING ATTEMPT, THEN WENT AROUND, MADE A SECOND ATTEMPT, LANDED MIDPOINT OF THE RUNWAY, FAST LANDING ROLL, UNABLE TO STOP, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY, CROSSED THE SERVICE ROAD, AND IMPACTED THE TREES.

## 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 WPR11FA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11FA407), Aug 21, 2011: Cirrus Design SR22 (N675DH), Fall City, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate approach planning and failure to achieve the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.

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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