# Accident 20191122023189A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Lindale, TX, November 22, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2019, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lindale, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4897° N, 95.4819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4897&lon=-95.4819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969JM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N969JM-2021-01-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-K (registry code 17410, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 25,400 total, 3,200 in this make and model, 330 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191122023189A

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED TRL FOR FLIGHT TO GLADEWATER. CLIMBED TO 3000' AGL. APPROX. 2 MINS IN ENGINE BEGAN TO SHAKE. ENGINE MFD SHOWED NORMAL. APPROX. 2 MINS LATER #5 CYL SPIKED RED ON TEMP. MANIFOLD PRESS WENT TO 28.5 (WAS PREVIOUSLY ADJUSTED FOR COLORADO 37.5). ATC STATED DIVERT TO LONGVIEW BUT TROUBLE MAINTAINING ALTITUDE. ENGINE SMOOTHED OUT AND GAINED 200'ALTITUDE. CONTACTED GGG FOR DIVERSION HOWEVER ENGINE PROBLEM RETURNED. DECLARED EMER TO DIVERT TO TYL, LOSING ALTITUDE. INFORMED ATC WOULD PULL CHUTE IF GOT BELOW 1000'.IN CLOUDS AT 1450' STILL LOSING ALTITUDE. BROKE CLOUDS AT 1200' WITH STALL WARNING. OBSERVED FIELD OFF TO RIGHT. SELECTED HIGH BOOST WITH NO HELP. PULLED CHUTE WHICH COMPLETED DEPLOYMENT APPROX. 650'. PILOT REPORTED THE HARNESS DID NOT CATCH AND PILOT WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. AIRCRAFT HIT HARD NOSE DOWN TO THE LEFT, BREAKING OFF LH WING. PASSENGER PULLED PILOT FROM AIRCRAFT. GUSTY WINDS INFLATED CHUTE AND DRUG AIRCRAFT INTO TREELINE APPROX. 1/4 MILE DISTANT. PILOT REPORTED OIL PRESSURE DROPPED DURING SEQUENCE, TEMP SPIKED.

PILOT SUFFERED BROKEN FOOT, CONCUSSION AND BAD SPRAINS

2020-02-05 ONSITE IIC FOUND NO OIL INDICATED ON DIPSTICK. AC BELT MISSING AND CUT IN OIL LINE DIRECTLY BELOW AC DRIVE PULLEY. AC ACCESSORY DRIVE SHAFT BEARING GONE. REVIEW OF MX RECORDS SHOW SHAFT REMOVED BY MX SHOP DUE TO FAILURE AND NO PARTS AVAILABLE AT THAT TIME.

EXAMINATION OF AIRCRAFT PERFORMED AT ASOD WITH NTSB, CONTINENTAL AND CIRRUS REPS. BORESCOPE OF INTERNAL ON CYLINDERS FOUND EVIDENCE OF DETONATION ON CYLINDERS 1&3 WITH SPARK PLUG DAMAGE. CYLINDER 5 ALSO HAS A CRACKED PISTON WITH A MISSING LAND WHICH EXPOSES THE TOP PISTON RING. DID MANAGE TO TRAIN APPROX. 3 QTS OF OIL FROM SUMP.

SUBSEQUENT PRESSURE TEST OF OIL LINE NEGATIVE.

## 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 CEN20LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA020), Nov 22, 2019: Cirrus SR22 (N969JM), Tyler, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power as a result of detonation due to a combination of improper magneto to engine timing and a rich fuel mixture.

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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