# Accident 20170713019029A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Schellville, CA, July 13, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2017, 12:45 local time
- Place: Schellville, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2575° N, 122.4342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2575&lon=-122.4342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N821SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N821SG-2018-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550 series (registry code 17043, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 442 total, 422 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR17FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA150) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170713019029A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2017, ABOUT 1245 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T, N821SG,

SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN ABOUT 1/2 MILE WEST OF THE SONOMA

SKYPARK AIRPORT (0Q9) SONOMA, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALY INJURED. TWO

PASSENGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO DDLV LLC, AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF

FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD

BEEN FILED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED FROM SONOMA SKYPARK ABOUT 1244 WITH A PLANNED

DESTINATION OF REID-HILLVIEW AIRPORT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

SEVERAL WITNESSES LOCATED NEAR 0Q9 REPORTED THAT THEY HEARD THE ENGINE "SPUTTER" A FEW TIMES AS

IT PASSED THEIR POSITION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THEY HEARD A LOUDER SOUND AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS

OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE'S PARACHUTE SYSTEM DEPLOYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE. MOST OF THE WITNESSES SAW

THE AIRPLANE DESCEND JUST PRIOR TO LOSING SIGHT OF IT AT THE TREE TOPS, AND SHORTLY BEFORE IT

IMPACTED THE GROUND.

EXAMINATION OF THE ACCIDENT SITE BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB),

INVESTIGATOR-IN-CHARGE (IIC), REVEALED THAT ALL MAJOR STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AND PRIMARY FLIGHT

CONTROLS OF THE AIRPLANE, WERE LOCATED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

THE AIRPLANE WAS RECOVERED TO A SECURE FACILITY FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION. BNH

## 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 WPR17FA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR17FA150), Jul 13, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22T (N821SG), Schellville, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed after a loss of engine power, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at a low altitude from which the pilot was unable to recover. The loss of engine…

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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