# Accident 20151016022029A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Lancaster, TX, October 16, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2015, 19:40 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5589° N, 96.6997° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5589&lon=-96.6997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N849CD-2018-03-07) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 935 total, 264 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151016022029A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND PASSENGER ON PT91 FLIGHTS DOING PRACTICE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. WHILE ON DOWNWIND LEG ON LANDING APPROACH TO AIRPORT (LNS) THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH OTHER TRAFFIC ON FINAL APPROACH. PILOT EXTENDED DOWNWIND LEG TO ALLOW SPACING WITH TRAFFIC. ON TURN TO BASE THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE FIRST SET OF PARALLEL HIGH TENSION POWER LINES (APPROX 130 FEET AGL) WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GO OUT OF CONTROL. PASSENGER ACTIVATED THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE WHICH BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE SECOND SET OF PARALLEL HIGH TENSION POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND BY THE PARACHUTE LINES AND THE OCCUPANTS JUMPED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST CRASH FIRE. PASSENGER SUFFERED A BROKEN CLAVICLE

## 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 CEN16LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA016), Oct 17, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22 (N849CD), Lancaster, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in impact with a power line. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative precision approach path…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.