# Accident 20170915011259A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Glenwood Spring, CO, September 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2017, 20:10 local time
- Place: Glenwood Spring, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4100° N, 107.2100° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4100&lon=-107.2100&mi=10
- Aircraft: N462SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N462SR-2020-02-28) (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: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 304 total, 284 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA354) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170915011259A

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1921 MDT, N462SR, A CIRRUS SR22, DEPARTED FORT COLLINS-LOVELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (FNL) IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WITH THE PILOT AND 3 PASSENGERS EN-ROUTE TO CANYONLANDS FIELD AIRPORT (CNY) IN MOAB, UT. THE PIC POSSESSED A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE WITHOUT AN INSTRUMENT RATING AND WAS CONSIDERED CURRENT AND QUALIFIED TO FLY THIS AIRCRAFT ACCORDING TO THE REGULATIONS.

THE PIC WAS RECEIVING VFR FLIGHT FOLLOWING AT ABOUT 11,000 FT. MSL. ON A SOUTHWESTERLY HEADING. ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO THE AIRPLANE TURNED NORTHWEST AND CLIMBED TO 12,000 FT. MSL FOR ABOUT 12 MILES. THE AIRPLANE THEN TURNED BACK TO THE SOUTHWEST AND GRADUALLY DESCENDED. THE LAST RADAR DATA WAS AT 20:09 AT AN ALTITUDE OF 11,400 FEET.

THE CLOSEST WEATHER STATION WAS LOCATED ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEH ACCIDENT SITE AT AN ELEVATION OF 10,600 FT. MSL. AT 20:08 IT REPORTED THE WIND FROM 240 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 23 KNOTS, WIND

DIRECTION VARYING BETWEEN 210 AND 280 DEGREES, 1/2-MILE VISIBILITY, FOG, OVERCAST CEILING AT 200

FEET, TEMPERATURE 2 DEGREES C, DEW POINT 1 DEGREE C, AND ALTIMETER SETTING OF 30.24.

WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DIDN'T ARRIVE AS PLANNED THE FAMILY REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT OVERDUE AND A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED THE NEXT MORNING AT A LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF THE LAST RADAR RETURN AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 11,000 FT. MSL.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETETLY DESTROYED. THERE WERE SEVERAL TREES SEVERED AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS PRIOR TO THE INITIAL IMPACT WITH TERRAIN. THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT UPON IMPACT WAS APPROXIMATELY 070 TO 075 DEGREES. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS SPREAD OVER A LARGE AREA AND MOST OF IT WAS CONSUMED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE. PORTIONS OF THE PROPELLER HUB WERE FOUND IN THE DEBRIS FIELD ALMOST 700 FT FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT. THE ENGINE AND PROPELLER WERE VERY FRAGMENTED AND LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE DEBRIS FIELD. THE PARACHUTE WAS LOCATED WITHIN THE DEBRIS FIELD. IT WAS EXTENDED BUT STILL FOLDED. THE CAPS ROCKET WAS LOCATED ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT AND WAS NOT EXPENDED.

## 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 CEN17FA354](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17FA354), Sep 16, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N462SR), Glenwood Springs, CO, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The non-instrument-rated pilot's inadequate preflight weather planning, his decision to depart into forecast instrument meteorological conditions along the route of flight, and his continued visual…

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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