# Accident 20190331002289A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Farmington, NM, March 31, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 2019, 14:39 local time
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2183° N, 108.0164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2183&lon=-108.0164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N173CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N173CT-2020-12-05) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR19FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA103) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190331002289A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 31, 2019, AT 1439 MST, A CIRRUS SR-22, N173CT, REGISTERED TO CASEYS AIRCOOLED ENGINE LLC, CRASHED ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH EAST OF FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO, IN SAN JUAN COUNTY, NEW MEXICO, WHILE IN ROUTE TO BIG SPRINGS, TEXAS (BPG). INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE CERTIFICATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT HALLS CROSSING, UTAH (U96) ON MARCH 31, 2019.

## 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 WPR19FA103](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR19FA103), Mar 31, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N173CT), Farmington, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The noninstrument-rated pilot's continued visual flight rules flight into an area of forecast instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation and a subsequent loss of…

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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