# Accident 20200829017239A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Lawrenceville, IL, August 29, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 2020, 01:23 local time
- Place: Lawrenceville, IL
- Airport: Lawrenceville-Vincennes Intern
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7897° N, 87.6050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7897&lon=-87.6050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N607SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N607SR-2022-03-29) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 669 total, 44 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN20LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA367) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200829017239A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 0123 CST ON AUGUST 29, 2020, N607SR, A CIRRUS SR22, IMPACTED THE SURFACE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILES NORTH OF THE LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (LWV).  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AS A RESULT OF THE IMPACT AND POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT.  THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING THE RNAV 18 APPROACH INTO LWV AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) WITH A VISIBILITY OF 1 AND 1/2 MILES WITH MIST AND A CEILING OF 200 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL.

## 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 CEN20LA367](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN20LA367), Aug 29, 2020: Cirrus SR22 (N607SR), Lawrenceville, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s controlled flight into terrain as a result of his failure to properly execute an instrument approach and maintain clearance from trees in night instrument meteorological conditions.…

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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