# Accident 20190819014029A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Tappahannock, VA, August 19, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2019, 03:44 local time
- Place: Tappahannock, VA
- Airport: Tappahannock-Essex County Airp
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8600° N, 76.8847° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8600&lon=-76.8847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N621JE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N621JE-2022-07-30) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 286 total, 165 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19FA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA251) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190819014029A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND AT XSA. AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A RAVINE ABOUT 1/8TH OF MILE EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT'S PARACHUTE WAS DEPLOYED. PILOT WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE AIRCRAFT

## 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 ERA19FA251](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19FA251), Aug 19, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N621JE), Tappahannock, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to land on the runway in dark night conditions with reported smoke in the cockpit, which necessitated the deployment of the airplane's parachute system.

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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