# Accident 20111016024699A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Danbury, CT, October 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2011, 20:10 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3758° N, 73.4661° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3758&lon=-73.4661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N438CP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N438CP-2018-01-19) (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 DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,606 total, 400 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016024699A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N438CP WAS ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FROM MARYLAND TO DANBURY CT.  HE WAS CLEARED BY DANBURY TOWER FOR A RIGHT DOWNWIND PATTERN TO LAND ON RUNWAY 26 AT (DXR) DANBURY CT.  COMMUNICATIONS WERE LOST WITH THE AIRCRAFT BY DANBURY TOWER. DANBURY TOWER LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE PATTERN REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT HAD CRASHED HALF A MILE EAST OF THE AIRPORT ON THE RIDGE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD HIT A TOWER AT 701'MSL AND .5 MILE FROM DANBURY AIRPORT ON THE CENTER LINE FOR RUNWAY 26. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NIGHT VMC:SPECIAL KDXR 20008KT 10SM OVC 110  16/05A2975  THE NEW YORK CENTER DID NOT CONFIRM WITH THE PILOT THAT HE HAD RECEIVED THE CURRENT ATIS FOR DANBURY AIRPORT PRIOR TO THE COMMUNICATIONS HAND OFF TO DANBURY TOWER.  ALTHOUGH REPORTS FROM WITNESSES AND AIRPORT OFFICIALS STATE THE LIGHT MARKING THE TOWER WAS OPERATIONAL, THE ATIS STILL HAD THE LIGHT NOTAMED OUT OF SERVICE.

## 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 ERA12FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA030), Oct 17, 2011: Cirrus Design SR22 (N438CP), Danbury, CT, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain clearance from a lighted tower during final approach in night visual conditions.

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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