# Accident 20190822016759A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Burnsville, NC, August 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 22, 2019, 12:54 local time
- Place: Burnsville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Location: 35.7453° N, 82.2883° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7453&lon=-82.2883&mi=10
- Aircraft: N404PE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404PE-2020-10-10) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,343 total, 1,907 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA19LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA257) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190822016759A

## Narrative

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

BURNSVILLE, NC (2NC0): N404PE, SR22, GYH-1G5, ALNOT ISSUED BY ZTL AFTER PILOT REPORTED DEPLOYING PARACHUTE PARACHUTE WAS OBSERVED 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE BURNSVILLE, NC MOUNTAIN AIR AIRPORT (2NC0). CAP LOCATED AIRCRAFT ON RIDGE NEAR MT. MITCHELL. POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: DESTROYED

R44 AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL RECORDINGS SHOW THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD A SITUATION WITH THE WEATHER AND LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND PULLED THE CHUTE.

REFERENCE ACCIDENT PTRS: EA68201903654

FOLLOW UP PTRS:  EA68201903889

PILOT HAS BEEN ADVISED BY HIS ATTORNEY NOT TO GIVE A STATEMENT OR SPEAK TO THE FAA AT THIS TIME.  AS A RESULT SOME INFORMATION WAS NOT OBTAINED.

## 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 ERA19LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA19LA257), Aug 22, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N404PE), Burnsville, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s reliance on latent satellite weather imagery for tactical weather avoidance, which resulted in flight into thunderstorms and a loss of control. Also causal was an engine overspeed during…

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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