# Incident 20180103004379I: Cirrus SR22T, Gomex, January 3, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2018, 18:00 local time
- Place: Gomex
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 23.8133° N, 89.6853° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=23.8133&lon=-89.6853&mi=10
- Aircraft: N325JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N325JK-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-K (registry code 17410, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22T
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL TSIO-550-K
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180103004379I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 3, 2018, ABOUT 1800 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CIRRUS DESIGN CORPORATION SR22T AIRPLANE, N325JK, WENT MISSING OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. SINCE THAT TIME THE PRIVATE PILOT HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED AND THE AIRPLANE IS MISSING. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED WILEY POST AIRPORT (KPWA), OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, ABOUT 1419, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO GEORGETOWN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGTU), GEORGETOWN, TEXAS.

ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY DATA PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, AS THE AIRPLANE APPROACHED KGTU, THE PILOT WAS INSTRUCTED BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TO TURN RIGHT AND DESCEND FROM 19,000 FEET TO 13,000 FEET.  AT THAT TIME, THE AIRPLANE TURNED TO THE LEFT TO A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 140 DEGREES. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS MADE MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE PILOT OF THE AIRPLANE WITH NO SUCCESS.   MILITARY ASSETS WERE SCRAMBLED AND INTERCEPTED THE AIRPLANE, CONTACT WAS MADE AND ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE PILOT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  THE AIRPLANE WAS TRACKED BY RADAR WITH THE LAST KNOWN POSITION ABOUT 220 MILES NORTH OF CANCUN, MEXICO.

## 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 CEN18FA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA400), Jan 3, 2018: Cirrus Design SR22T (N325JK), Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of Mexico), destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's incapacitation resulted in impact with the Gulf of Mexico. The reason the hypoxia recognition system did not descend the airplane as designed could not be determined as the airplane was…

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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