# Accident 20151227020729A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Watertown, WI, December 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2015, 16:56 local time
- Place: Watertown, WI
- Airport: Watertown
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1225° N, 88.6567° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1225&lon=-88.6567&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5PF-2016-05-27) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,871 total, 1,647 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151227020729A

## Narrative

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

PIC HAD BEEN PRACTICING INSTRUMENT APPROACHES AT SEVERAL WISCONSIN AIRPORTS. FINAL FLIGHT SEGMENT WAS FROM KRYV TO KENW. PIC REQUESTED AND WAS CLEARED IFR TO KENW. PILOT TURNED SOUTHEAST ON COURSE AND STARTED CLIMB. HIS ENGINE SPUTTERED THEN QUIT AS HE TURNED BACK TO KRYV. HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH KRYV.  WHILE LOSING ALTITUDE, ENGINE OUT DURING NIGHT VMC CONDITIONS, THE PIC ACTIVATED THE SR-22 CAPS SYSTEM AT APPROXIMATELY 500 FT AGL. DEPLOYMENT WAS SUCCESSFUL. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A PLOWED FIELD. PIC SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN16LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA069), Dec 27, 2015: Cirrus Design SR22 (N5PF), Watertown, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper in-flight fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s failure to switch fuel tanks after…

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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