# Accident 20160228001329A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Navasota, TX, February 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2016, 09:19 local time
- Place: Navasota, TX
- Airport: Navasota Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3564° N, 96.1067° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3564&lon=-96.1067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N477TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N477TC-2019-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360 series (registry code 17025, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA111) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160228001329A

## Narrative

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

ON 02/28/2016, RECEIVED REPORT FROM ASW ROC THAT AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN TREES 1/2 MILE SSE OF NAVASOTA AIRPORT (60R) UNDER UNKNOWN CIRCUMSTANCES. WRECKAGE SPOTTED FROM AIR BY AIRCRAFT IN PATTERN AT 0919 CST. ATC REPORTS THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DWH AIRPORT EARLIER THAT MORNING AROUND 0817 CST. ON SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALS AIRCRAFT TO HAVE IMPACTED THE GROUND IN AN EXTREME NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO BOTH WINGS AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE TWO PILOTS AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE FATALLY WOUNDED FROM THE CRASH.

## 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 CEN16FA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA111), Feb 28, 2016: Cirrus Design SR20 (N477TC), Navasota, TX, substantial damage, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's delayed remedial action to prevent a stall at an altitude that was too low to recover. Contributing to the accident was the owner/non-certificated pilot's failure to maintain…

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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