# Accident 20151109020859A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Colorado Spring, CO, November 9, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 9, 2015, 10:51 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: City Of Colorado Springs Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8308° N, 104.7183° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8308&lon=-104.7183&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752C-2018-06-08) (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: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151109020859A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DECLARING ENGINE PROBLEMS AND TWICE COMMUNICATING A DESIRE TO TURN AROUND  ON TOWER FREQUENCY,  A 2002 CIRRUS SR22 SINGLE-ENGINE,  CONSTANT-SPEED-PROPELLER AIRCRAFT  CRASHED APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF FROM APPROXIMATELY THE MIDPOINT OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. AIRPORT RUNWAY 35L (TAXIWAY A36,400 FROM  THE RUNWAY END).  AFTER CLIMBING TO APPROXIMATELY 200 TO 300 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND, THE AIRCRAFT  PITCHED NOSE-DOWN TO THE LEFT,  ENTERED A ONE-TURN  SPIN,  CRASHED IN A RELATIVELY-FLAT FIELD IN A NOSE AND WINGS-LEVEL ATTITUDE, AND BURNED ALMOST COMPLETELY APPROXIMATELY 2500 NORTH OF THE TAKEOFF- RUNWAY END AND 700' WEST OF THE EXTENDED CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 35L. THERE WERE TWO FATALITIES: THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER. THE DESTINATION (NOT-FILED) WAS "SOUTHEAST,"   PROBABLY ROANOKE, TX, THE HOME BASE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LAST NORMAL TOWER CONTROL CLEARANCE WAS "TURN RIGHT HEADING 060." AN EYEWITNESS INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE REVVED AND BACKED OFF FOR 5 TO 6 CYCLES BETWEEN LIFTOFF AND PITCH-UP, AND THAT HE DID NOT REMEMBER ANY ENGINE SOUND AFTER OBSERVING THE AIRCRAFT  BREAK OFF TO THE LEFT.  ANOTHER WITNESS INDICATED THE AIRCRAFT CONSUMED MORE RUNWAY DURING TAKEOFF THAN USUAL AND THAT FLAPS WERE DEPLOYED (INVESTIGATION OF THE CRASH PRODUCED EVIDENCE THAT THE FLAPS WERE AT 50%, WHICH CAN BE CONSIDERED NORMAL FOR THIS AIRCRAFT, BUT WHICH WOULD HAVE MADE RECOVERY FROM AN UNCOMMANDED, LOW-LEVEL POWER LOSS MORE DIFFICULT).  A SURFACE TAILWIND OF 5KTS EXISTED AT THE TIME.  A SHORT CONNECTOR TAXIWAY WAS USED FROM THE PARKING RAMP WHICH OFFERED LITTLE ROOM FOR AN ENGINE RUNUP.  APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MINUTES ELAPSED BETWEEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE TAXI CLEARANCE ON THE RAMP AND CLEARANCE FOR TAKEOFF.  WITNESSES TESTIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN TOPPED-OFF WITH AN APPROPRIATE GRADE OF AVIATION GASOLINE UPON ITS ARRIVAL TWO DAYS PRIOR, AND OFFERED THE OBSERVATION THAT THE PILOT DID NOT SEEM AGITATED OR IN A PARTICULAR HURRY TO DEPART. THE AIRMAN AND AIRCRAFT LOGS BURNED IN THE AIRCRAFT, BUT ENOUGH PAGES SURVIVED TO DISCLOSE THAT THE PILOT HAD APPROXIMATELY 2,900 TOTAL HOURS.

## 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 CEN16FA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA034), Nov 9, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22 (N752C), Colorado Springs, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control during the turn back to the airport after takeoff in high density altitude conditions, which resulted in an inadvertent aerodynamic stall and subsequent spin.…

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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