# Accident 20180907013229A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Kennett, MO, September 7, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2018, 15:11 local time
- Place: Kennett, MO
- Airport: Kennett Memorial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2258° N, 90.0367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2258&lon=-90.0367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131TX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131TX-2021-03-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,260 total, 1,230 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180907013229A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER DEPARTED OUT OF KTKX ON RUNWAY 20 AND BEGAN TO CLIMB.  THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER HE PASSED 200 FT. HE ENGAGED THE AUTOPILOT.  THE PILOT WAS WEARING NOISE CANCELING HEADPHONES AND WAS HAVING PROBLEMS HEARING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) SO HE BEGAN INVESTIGATING HIS HEADSET CABLE AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS CAUGHT ON SOMETHING.  AS HE WAS TRYING TO FREE THE CABLE, HIS ARMS WERE MOVING AROUND HITTING THINGS AND HE REALIZED HE COULD HEAR THE ENGINE START TO LOSE RPM AND ALMOST SIMULTANEOUSLY RECEIVED A "SINK RATE" ALARM IN HIS HEADSET.  HE DID A QUICK SCAN OF THE ENGINE CONTROLS AND THEY WERE ALL SET AS REQUIRED SO HE ASKED HIS PASSENGER WHAT THEIR ALTITUDE WAS.  THE PASSENGER TOLD HIM THEY WERE AT 640 FT. AND HE STATED THAT HE WAS DEPLOYING THE PARACHUTE.  THE BALLISTIC PARACHUTE SYSTEM DEPLOYED AND SWUNG THE AIRCRAFT LIKE A PENDULUM NOSE UP AND ON THE BACK SWING; THE TAIL STRUCK THE GROUND IN A FIELD.  THE AIRCRAFT SLID APPROXIMATELY 20 FT. AND THE ENGINE WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL AND TWISTED TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT CAME TO REST.  THE AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS, IN A LARGE PART, THE WAY THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESIGNED TO DEPLOY THE PARACHUTE STRAPS ALONG THE FUSELAGE.  THERE WAS ALSO A SIGNIFICANT CRACK IN THE LOWER PORTION OF TAIL JUST FORWARD OF THE EMPENNAGE AND THE ENGINE WAS TORN AWAY FROM THE FIREWALL.  THE DAMAGE IS SUBSTANTIAL.

## 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 WPR18LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18LA256), Sep 7, 2018: Cirrus SR22 (N131TX), Kennett, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadvertent activation of the fuel pump control rocker switch, which resulted in a loss of engine power shortly after takeoff. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s distraction…

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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