# Accident 20121015024639A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Parker, AZ, October 15, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2012, 10:30 local time
- Place: Parker, AZ
- Airport: Parker
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1368° N, 114.2868° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1368&lon=-114.2868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N499SF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N499SF-2015-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,486 total, 90 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA011) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121015024639A

## Narrative

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

VFR FLIGHT FROM SMO TO SNA TO PRC AIRPORTS. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY DUE TO A FUEL PROBLEM AND CHANGED DESTINATION TO P20 AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT WAS UNABLE TO MAKE IT AND LANDED ON A PLATEAU APROXIMATELY 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF P20 AIRPORT.

## 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 WPR13LA011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA011), Oct 15, 2012: Cirrus Design SR20 (N499SF), Parker, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to perform an adequate preflight inspection, which resulted in inadequate fuel for the flight and the subsequent fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power. Contributing to…

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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