# Accident 20141106023139A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Grover Hill, OH, November 6, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2014, 18:00 local time
- Place: Grover Hill, OH
- Airport: Findlay
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0458° N, 84.4969° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0458&lon=-84.4969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811CD-2018-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 982 total, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141106023139A

## Narrative

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

ON 11/06/2014 MR. MICHAEL LEE MCCARTY A PRIVATE PILOT WITH AN INSTRUMENT RATING WAS FLYING A CIRRUS SR22 N811CD S/N 0120, FROM WASHINGTON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (AWG) TO THE FINDLAY OHIO AIRPORT (FDY).  THERE WERE 2 PASSANGERS ON BOARD IN ADDITION TO THE PILOT.  WHILE ENROUTE THE PILOT REPORTED ICE AND REQUESTED AN ALTITUDE ADJUSTMENT TO ESCAPE THE ICING CONDITIONS.  DURING HIS LAST TRANSMISION WITH ATC THE PILOT REQUESTED PERMISSION TO DESCEND INTO FINDLAY.  SHORTLY THEREAFTER FORT WAYNE ATC LOST CONTACT WITH N811CD.  THE WRECKAGE IN THIS CASE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE FARM FIELD SOUTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD 60 AND COUNTY ROAD 137.  EVERYONE ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT PERISHED IN THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 CEN15FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA040), Nov 6, 2014: Cirrus Design SR22 (N811CD), Grover Hill, OH, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with supercooled large droplet (SLD) icing, which resulted in a loss of lift and a subsequent uncontrolled descent into terrain. Also causal was the pilot's preflight and…

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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