# Accident 20170630023549A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Dixon, CA, June 30, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2017, 11:30 local time
- Place: Dixon, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5250° N, 121.8583° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5250&lon=-121.8583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N744TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N744TC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 967 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170630023549A

## Narrative

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

N774TC A SR-22, DEPARTED 10:17 AM PST FROM REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT ENROUTE TO THE FINAL DESTINATION RENO, NEVADA.  AT CRUISE THE ENGINE BEGAN LOSING POWER THE PILOT DIVERTED TO YOLO AIRPORT. THE ENGINE POWER CONTINUED TO WORSEN AND UNABLE SUSTAIN SAFE FLIGHT.  THE PILOT DETERMINED THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT TO THE AIRPORT, AND DEPLOYED THE ?EMERGENCY BALLISTIC PARACHUTE. WHICH RESULTED IN AN OFF FIELD LANDING INTO A VINEYARD FIELD CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.

## 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 WPR17LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17LA137), Jun 30, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N744TC), Dixon, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined due to extensive damage.

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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