# Accident 20210512008362A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Englewood, CO, May 12, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 12, 2021, 10:24 local time
- Place: Englewood, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5850° N, 104.8547° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5850&lon=-104.8547&mi=10
- Aircraft: N416DJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N416DJ-2023-02-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 404 total, 235 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA215) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210512008362A

## Narrative

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

ON 5/12/2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1024MDT, A 2016 CIRRUS SR22, REGISTRATION NUMBER N416DJ, SERIAL NUMBER 4394 AND A 1978 SWEARINGEN SA2267TC, REGISTRATION NUMBER N280KL, SERIAL NUMBER TC-280 ENCOUNTERED A MIDAIR COLLISION APPROXIMATELY 2.5 MILES NORTH OF CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (APA). BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE ON APPROACH TO CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. THE PILOT OF N416DJ DEPLOYED THE CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM AND CAME TO REST ON THE GROUNDS OF CHERRY CREEK STATE PARK. N280KL LANDED SAFELY AT CENTENNIAL AIRPORT.

BOTH AIRCRAFT WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THERE WAS NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED FOR N416DJ. N280KL WAS UNDER AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN UNDER FLIGHT 970.

N416DJ WAS ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. N280KL WAS A 14 CFR PART 135 CARGO AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON A REPOSITION FLIGHT.

REFERENCE FAA FORM 8020-23 REPORT NUMBER ANM0321039 FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING N280KL.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N280KL, Swearingen SA226TC: [Accident 20210512002812A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210512002812A)

## 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 CEN21FA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA215), May 12, 2021: Cirrus Design SR22 (N416DJ), Englewood, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The Cirrus pilot’s failure to maintain the final approach course for the assigned runway, which resulted in a collision with the Swearingen which was on final approach to the parallel runway.…

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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