# Accident 20170125000529A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, San Antonio, TX, January 25, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2017, 15:44 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: Stinson Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3269° N, 98.4581° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3269&lon=-98.4581&mi=10
- Aircraft: N401SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401SC-2019-11-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA084) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170125000529A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 25, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1544 CST, A CIRRUS SR22 BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N401SC, REGISTERED TO LEE BERRA, COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN ON APPROACH TO LANDING AT STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SAN ANTONIO, TX.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING FLIGHT PLAN.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, SAN ANTONIO, TX ON JANUARY 25, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 CST.

## 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 CEN17FA084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA084), Jan 25, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N401SC), San Antonio, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's uncoordinated flight control inputs and subsequent inadvertent cross-control aerodynamic stall in the airport traffic pattern that resulted in a loss of control and uncontrolled descent…

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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