# Accident 20160610005819A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Marion, IL, June 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2016, 16:34 local time
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Williamson County Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7700° N, 89.0069° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7700&lon=-89.0069&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508AJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N508AJ-2019-03-15) (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: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 462 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160610005819A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT PERFORMING A SPIRAL TO LANDING FROM 3000 FEET MSL ON RUNWAY 20.  AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING STRUCK GROUND ON A 250 HEADING ABOUT 600 FEET NORTH OF APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 20 AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND NOSE FIRST SEPARATING PROPELLER ,ENGINE AND EMPENAGE FROM AIRCRAFT.  DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 242 FEET LONG.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ABOUT 550 FEET NORTH OF THE APPROACH END OF 20 ON A HEADING OF 020.  PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS KILLED AND INSTRUCTOR IN THE RIGHT WAS REMOVED AND LIFEFLIGHTED TO ST. LOUIS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

## 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 CEN16FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16FA214), Jun 10, 2016: Cirrus Design SR22 (N508AJ), Marion, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots' failure to maintain adequate airspeed while executing a simulated engine failure and landing maneuver, which resulted in the wing's critical angle of attack being exceeded and a…

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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