# Accident 20210615007749A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Truckee, CA, June 15, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 15, 2021, 10:45 local time
- Place: Truckee, CA
- Airport: Truckee-Tahoe
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Location: 39.3056° N, 120.1539° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3056&lon=-120.1539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89423, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89423) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR21FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA228) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210615007749A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 20 AND REQUESTED A CLOSED TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE THE AIRCRAFT MADE A RIGHT SOUTHWESTERLY TURN FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER RIGHT TURN IN A NORTHERLY HEADING. SHORTLY AFTER THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND NOSE FIRST IN A WOODED AREA APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH WEST OF DEPARTURE RUNWAY 20 IN THE MARTIS CAMP SUBDIVISION. THE AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY PARACHUTE SYSTEM WAS DEPLOYED. THE PARACHUTE SYSTEMS ROCKET MOTOR WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 450FT SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THE EMPENNAGE PARACHUTE COVER WAS LOCATED ABOUT 350 FT SOUTH OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE GROUND SCARS SURROUNDING THE WRECKAGE. THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS WERE MOSTLY INTACT, HOWEVER THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE EXHIBITED IMPACT DAMAGE. THE CFI PILOT LOCATED IN THE RIGHT FRONT SEAT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE STUDENT PILOT LOCATED IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO RENOWN HOSPITAL.  *THIS REPORT WILL BE REVISED UPON RECEIPT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N89423, Cirrus CIRRUS-SR20: no report for this aircraft; [N89423](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89423) is registered now

## 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 WPR21FA228](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR21FA228), Jun 15, 2021: Cirrus Design SR20 (N89423), Truckee, CA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The student pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack during a turn and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and a subsequent impact…

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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