# Accident 20111113027409A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Boynton Beach, FL, November 13, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2011, 17:37 local time
- Place: Boynton Beach, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6006° N, 81.8050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6006&lon=-81.8050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661FT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N661FT-2012-01-23) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,802 total, 182 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111113027409A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/13/2011 CIRRUS SR-22, N661FT, WAS RETURNING FROM WITHAM FIELD (KSUA) IN FORMATION FLIGHT WITH TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT.   DATA FROM THE RECOVERABLE DATA MODULE (RDM) AND THE LOCAL RADAR FACILITY INDICATE THAT N661FT WAS PERFORMING LOW-LEVEL FLIGHT.AT APPROXIMATELY 17:37, AS STATED BY AN EYEWITNESS WHO WAS IN THE FORMATION, N661FT PITCHED UP AND BEGAN ROLLING TO THE LEFT THEN BEGAN PITCHING TOWARD THE GROUND WHILE CONTINUING TO ROLL.   THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE INTO A SWAMPY AREA IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LOXAHATCHEE WILDLIFE REFUGE.

## 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 ERA12FA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA068), Nov 13, 2011: Cirrus Design SR22 (N661FT), Boynton Beach, FL, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The right seat pilot's decision to attempt a low-altitude aerobatic maneuver in a non-aerobatic airplane.

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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