# Accident 20120901017809A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, East Falmouth, MA, September 1, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2012, 11:10 local time
- Place: East Falmouth, MA
- Airport: Falmouth Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5847° N, 70.5428° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5847&lon=-70.5428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N221DV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N221DV-2018-02-07) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 95 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12FA540](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA540) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120901017809A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHED RWY 7 FOR LANDING AND UPON PASSING THE TREE-LINE ON FINAL STARTED TO SINK AND INCREASE ATTITUDE/PITCH. ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO POWER, PITCH AND ROLL TO CORRECT FOR THE LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO ROLL AND DEVIATE TO THE LEFT. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 30 DEGREES OFF RUNWAY HEADING ABOUT 40 FEET LEFT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE GRASS. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO STRIKE A FENCE AS FULL POWER WAS ADDED. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AND THEN PROCEEDED INTO A WOODED AREA WHERE IT STRUCK MULTIPLE TREES, BROKE APART AND A FIRE ENSUED. THE STUDENT AND PASSENGER WERE RESCUED FROM THE FIRE AND HOSPITILIZED. THE FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PERISHED IN THE ENSUEING FIRE.

## 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 ERA12FA540](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12FA540), Sep 1, 2012: Cirrus Design SR22 (N221DV), Falmouth, MA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s poor control of the airplane during the approach.

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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