# Accident 20141023024502A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Frederick, MD, October 23, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2014, 15:37 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4108° N, 77.3825° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4108&lon=-77.3825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N122ES, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N122ES-2015-02-03) (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: 880 total, 800 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA025) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023024502A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO KFDK AND COLLIDED WITH THE ROTORCRAFT WHILE ENTERING A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 30.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7518Q, Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II: [Accident 20141023024512A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141023024512A)

## 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 ERA15FA025](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15FA025), Oct 23, 2014: Cirrus Design SR22 (N122ES), Frederick, MD, substantial damage, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the helicopter pilots and the airplane pilot to maintain an adequate visual lookout for known traffic in the traffic pattern, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the…

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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