What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On the day of the accident flight, the owner of the accident aircraft, N220MT, a Cirrus SR-22, departed from torrance for a 20 minute VFR flight to Cable airport for post engine change follow-up maintenance at foothill aviation services. During the flight the pilot climbed up to 2,500 ft MSL attempting to remain below class bravo airspace along the flight planned route. Approaching Cable airport, the pilot did not make any radio calls on the appropriate CTAF for Upland Cable Airport. In fact, the last radio transmission was after the plane was clear of torrance class delta airspace. At Cable, a bonanza had entered the standard overhead noise abatement arrival while the Cirrus was on the 45 degree entry, left traffic for the downwind. Runway 24 was in use. The Cirrus arrived at the midfield position at nearly the same time as the bonanza, only slightly behind and much much closer to the runway. Observers on the ground noticed the tight spacing and that the Cirrus had begun to slow down. The bonanza turned base, perhaps not knowing that there was another aircraft in his vicinity. The Cirrus turned base shortly thereafter, however, radar ground track plots and witnesses confirmed that the Cirrus was slowing down and was going through final approach. The Cirrus banked it's wings very steeply, according to witnesses, perhaps as much as 90 degrees. Radar plots of the aircraft indicate a very sharp left hand turn by the Cirrus and a loss of signal below 1,600 ft. MSL (about 150 ft. AGL). By deduction, the aircraft most likely entered a stall/spin in left-handed rotation. The aircraft impacted a house on an approximate heading of 040 degrees in an 80+ degrees below the horizon attitude. The sole occupant, the pilot, was killed upon impact due to blunt force trauma. Approximately 90% of the aircraft was consumed by the resulting post-crash fire.
As the FAA filed it
ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT, THE OWNER OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT, N220MT, A CIRRUS SR-22, DEPARTED FROM TORRANCE FOR A 20 MINUTE VFR FLIGHT TO CABLE AIRPORT FOR POST ENGINE CHANGE FOLLOW-UP MAINTENANCE AT FOOTHILL AVIATION SERVICES. DURING THE FLIGHT THE PILOT CLIMBED UP TO 2,500 FT MSL ATTEMPTING TO REMAIN BELOW CLASS BRAVO AIRSPACE ALONG THE FLIGHT PLANNED ROUTE. APPROACHING CABLE AIRPORT, THE PILOT DID NOT MAKE ANY RADIO CALLS ON THE APPROPRIATE CTAF FOR UPLAND CABLE AIRPORT. IN FACT, THE LAST RADIO TRANSMISSION WAS AFTER THE PLANE WAS CLEAR OF TORRANCE CLASS DELTA AIRSPACE. AT CABLE, A BONANZA HAD ENTERED THE STANDARD OVERHEAD NOISE ABATEMENT ARRIVAL WHILE THE CIRRUS WAS ON THE 45 DEGREE ENTRY, LEFT TRAFFIC FOR THE DOWNWIND. RUNWAY 24 WAS IN USE. THE CIRRUS ARRIVED AT THE MIDFIELD POSITION AT NEARLY THE SAME TIME AS THE BONANZA, ONLY SLIGHTLY BEHIND AND MUCH MUCH CLOSER TO THE RUNWAY. OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND NOTICED THE TIGHT SPACING AND THAT THE CIRRUS HAD BEGUN TO SLOW DOWN. THE BONANZA TURNED BASE, PERHAPS NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN HIS VICINITY. THE CIRRUS TURNED BASE SHORTLY THEREAFTER, HOWEVER, RADAR GROUND TRACK PLOTS AND WITNESSES CONFIRMED THAT THE CIRRUS WAS SLOWING DOWN AND WAS GOING THROUGH FINAL APPROACH. THE CIRRUS BANKED IT'S WINGS VERY STEEPLY, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, PERHAPS AS MUCH AS 90 DEGREES. RADAR PLOTS OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE A VERY SHARP LEFT HAND TURN BY THE CIRRUS AND A LOSS OF SIGNAL BELOW 1,600 FT. MSL (ABOUT 150 FT. AGL). BY DEDUCTION, THE AIRCRAFT MOST LIKELY ENTERED A STALL/SPIN IN LEFT-HANDED ROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A HOUSE ON AN APPROXIMATE HEADING OF 040 DEGREES IN AN 80+ DEGREES BELOW THE HORIZON ATTITUDE. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT, WAS KILLED UPON IMPACT DUE TO BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. APPROXIMATELY 90% OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY THE RESULTING POST-CRASH FIRE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.