# Accident 20160229001759A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Laguna, NM, February 29, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 2016, 13:31 local time
- Place: Laguna, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0361° N, 107.3672° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0361&lon=-107.3672&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2711M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2711M-2016-08-31) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 4
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 493 total, 274 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA112) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160229001759A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 29, 2016, AT 13:25 MDT, N2711M, A CIRRUS SR-22, SINGLE ENGINE AIRCRAFT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ON A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM LAS VEGAS, NM (KLVS) TO GOODYEAR, AZ (KGYR) UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS, WITH AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER AT APPROXIMATELY 12,000+ FEET, NEAR LAGUNA PUEBLO, NEW MEXICO. THE PILOT DEPLOYED THE CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM (CAPS) AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN REMOTE FORESTED TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED HARD ON ITS LANDING GEAR AND A WIND GUST CAUGHT THE PARACHUTE AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT OVER WHERE IT CAME TO REST ON ITS TOP. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND TWO OTHER PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN16LA112](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA112), Feb 29, 2016: Cirrus Design SR22 (N2711M), Laguna Pueblo, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's inadequate oversight of the airplane's refueling and her subsequent failure to verify and monitor the…

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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