# Accident 20171015014689A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Tuskegee, AL, October 15, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2017, 11:00 local time
- Place: Tuskegee, AL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4606° N, 85.6800° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4606&lon=-85.6800&mi=10
- Aircraft: N289CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N289CM-2020-08-31) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,128 total, 732 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC18LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171015014689A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 15, 2017, PILOT DEPARTED THE TUSKEGEE AIRPORT (06A), ON RUNWAY 13. DURING CLIMB OUT AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND WAS FORCED TO LAND IN A SOD FIELD NEAR AIRPORT. THERE WAS NO INJURIES REPORTED, BUT THERE WAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGED TO LANDING GEAR AND FUSELAGE.

## 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 ANC18LA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC18LA004), Oct 15, 2017: Cirrus Design SR22T (N289CM), Tuskegee, AL, substantial damage. Probable cause: An improperly adjusted slope controller and fuel pump that resulted in an excessively high fuel flow, an extremely rich mixture, a rough-running engine, and a subsequent partial loss of engine power.

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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