# Accident 20180528006199A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Cedar Key, FL, May 28, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2018, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cedar Key, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1342° N, 83.0506° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1342&lon=-83.0506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N269DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N269DW-2019-03-16) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 700 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA308) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180528006199A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 28, 2018, AT 1630 EST A 2006 CIRRUS DESIGN CORP, MODEL SR22, AIRCRAFT N269DW CRASHED. THE PILOT STATED ON CLIMB OUT HE WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 80? AGL WHEN HE HIT A FLOCK OF BIRDS AND IMMEDIATELY LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF BIRD IMPACT TO THE AIRCRAFT AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE.  THE PILOT?S FINAL DESTINATION WAS OCALA, FL.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTING THE WATER AND SUBSEQUENT WATER SUBMERSION.  THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CEDAR KEY AIRPORT ON MAY 28, 2018.

## 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 GAA18CA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA308), May 28, 2018: Cirrus Design SR22 (N269DW), Cedar Key, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The airplane’s collision with multiple birds during initial climb, which damaged the propeller and resulted in a subsequent aerodynamic stall because the airspeed could not be maintained.

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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