# Accident 20200127006849A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Woody Creek, CO, January 27, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2020, 16:07 local time
- Place: Woody Creek, CO
- Airport: Aspen Pitkin County Airport-Sa
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2672° N, 106.8103° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2672&lon=-106.8103&mi=10
- Aircraft: N288WT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288WT) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 798 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA069) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200127006849A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ASPEN RUNWAY 33 AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL.  DURING INITIAL CLIMB, PFD WAS INTERMITTENT AND DISPLAYED UNRELIABLE/ERRONEOUS AIRSPEED INFORMATION.  PILOT CONTACTED ATC AND REPORTED STALL WARNINGS PRIOR TO ENTERING IMC WEATHER.  PILOT NOTIFIED ATC OF BALLISTIC PARACHUTE DEPLOYMENT.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN STEEP TERRAIN AND DEEP SNOW AT APPROXIMATELY 1607 LOCAL.  2 SOB. NO INJURIES.  SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO 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 CEN20LA069](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA069), Jan 27, 2020: Cirrus SR22 (N288WT), Woody Creek, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Water trapped in the static system, which resulted in incorrect airspeed display information and the pilot’s forced landing.

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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