# Accident 20190305023639A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, OC, March 5, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 2019, 10:15 local time
- Place: OC
- Airport: Grand Turk International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6347° N, 72.8620° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6347&lon=-72.8620&mi=10
- Aircraft: N345DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N345DM-2019-11-04) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19TA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA120) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190305023639A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 2 HOURS IN TO FLIGHT AT CRUISE.  YELLOW "LOW OIL PRESSURE" LIGHT CAME ON.  CONFIRMED WITH ANALOG GUAGE APPROX. 25 PSI. INFORMED ATC OF LOW OIL PRESSURE AND DIVERTED FOR NEAREST AIRPORT GRAND TURK.  OIL PRESSURE CONINUED TO DROP UNTIL 0 PSI, THEN ENGINE STRONG VIBRATION AND STOPPED.  ATTEMPTED RESTART FAILED.  PREPARED FOR DITCHING WITH VESTS AND RAFT.  AT 1500' DEPLOYED CHUTE.  UPON LANDING IN WATER EXITED AIRCRAFT AND PASSENGER AND PILOT CLIMBED ABORD RAFT.  AIRCRAFT SUNK.

## 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 ERA19TA120](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19TA120), Mar 5, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N345DM), Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean), substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of oil pressure and subsequent total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.