# Accident 20200317016099A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Conway, SC, March 17, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2020, 15:50 local time
- Place: Conway, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8978° N, 78.9508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8978&lon=-78.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N150X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N150X-2021-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 269 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA129) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200317016099A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER DEPARTURE ON AN IFR FLIGHT HE PROCEEDED TOWARDS THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, BUT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO (MYR) DUE TO THE LOW CEILING AT THE DESTINATION. HE WAS GIVEN THE(ILS) TO RUNWAY 18 AND WAS VECTORED TO UXDEP, WHICH WAS THE INITIAL APPROACH FIX. WHILE IN IMC HE FLEW TOWARDS THE IAF WITH AUTOPILOT ON BUT REALIZED THE FLIGHT WAS HIGHER THAN HE WANTED, AND HE REDUCED POWER TO LOSE ALTITUDE. AS THE FLIGHT APPROACHED THE IAF THE AIRPLANE WAS STILL HIGH AND WAS NOT AS STABLE AS HE WANTED, STATING THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD A TENDENCY TO TURN TO THE LEFT. HE ADDED POWER TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE  AND FELT LIKE HE WAS HAVING TO FIGHT IN THE ROLL AXIS. AT THAT MOMENT HE DECIDED TO ACTIVATE THE CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM, AND WHILE DESCENDING UNDER CANOPY, PREPARED FOR THE TOUCHDOWN, WHICH OCCURRED ON ALL THREE LANDING GEARS.

## 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 ERA20LA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA129), Mar 17, 2020: Cirrus SR22 (N150X), Conway, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s incorrect use of the autopilot while approaching the initial approach fix and his subsequent improper primary pitch control input while a pitch mode of the autopilot was engaged, which…

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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