# Accident 20171001014299A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Klamath Falls, OR, October 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 2017, 10:43 local time
- Place: Klamath Falls, OR
- Airport: Klamath Falls
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2536° N, 122.2656° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2536&lon=-122.2656&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6083D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6083D-2018-07-26) (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: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 170 total, 16 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171001014299A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 1, 2017 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:43 LOCAL TIME, N6083D, A CIRRUS SR-22, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED A HILLSIDE APPROXIMATELY 25 NM NORTHWEST OF THE KLAMATH FALLS AIRPORT (KLMT). THE PRIVATE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE ENROUTE FROM KLAMATH FALLS TO MEDFORD WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. BOTH OCCUPANTS WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE MANUFACTURER REPRESENTATIVES WERE PARTY TO THIS INVESTIGATION.

## 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 WPR18FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA001), Oct 1, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22 (N6083D), Klamath Falls, OR, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument rated pilot's decision to depart on a cross-country flight with en route weather conditions forecasted to be less than visual meteorological conditions and then to continue flight…

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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