# Accident 20140109000089A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Pocatello, ID, January 9, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2014, 16:01 local time
- Place: Pocatello, ID
- Airport: Pocatello Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8600° N, 112.6306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8600&lon=-112.6306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N903SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N903SR-2015-06-09) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 800 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140109000089A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISES WITH VIOLENT VIBRATIONS.  THE ENGINE VIBRATIONS CONTINUED TO WORSTEN RESULTING IN THE ABILITY TO SUSTAIN ONLY ABOUT 20% POWER.  THE PILOT BELIEVED HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE RUNWAY, THUS HE PULLED THE PARACHUTE AS RECOMMENDED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT MANUAL.  UPON LANDING, HIGH WINDS CAUSED THE PARACHUTE TO DRAG AND TUMBLE THE AIRCRAFT TOTALING THE AIRCRAFT.

## 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 WPR14FA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14FA091), Jan 9, 2014: Cirrus Design SR22 (N903SR), Pocatello, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The distributor gear teeth failure of the right magneto that resulted in severe engine vibration and partial loss of engine power, which progressively led to the failure of the left magneto…

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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