# Accident 20180930016519A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Farmersbranch, TX, September 30, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Farmersbranch, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8969° N, 96.8342° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8969&lon=-96.8342&mi=10
- Aircraft: N818GM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N818GM) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA392) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180930016519A

## Narrative

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

SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ADDISON TEXAS INROUTE TO WACO TEXAS (IFR)PILOT NOTICED CIRCUT BREAKES POPING AND THEN AIRCRAFT LOST ELECTRICAL POWER. INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK CONTROLS AND CALLED ATC AND TRIED TO TURN BACK TO ADDISON BUT THEN LOST ENGINE POWER AND ACTIVATED PARACHUTE. AFTER THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST BOTH PILOTS EXITED AND SAW A LARGE BURN MARK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ENGINE COWLING WHERE THERE WAS A LARGE BURNT HOLE EXPOSING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE ENGINE . AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE FROM PARACHUTE IMPACT WITH THE GROUND BRAKING THE MAIN SPAR AND FIRE DAMAGE.

## 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 CEN18LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18LA392), Sep 30, 2018: Cirrus SR22 (N818GM), Addison, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s improper installation of the muffler attachment hardware, which resulted in the muffler separating in flight, thermal damage that interrupted the magnetos’ function, and the…

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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