# Accident 20220113000519A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Lexington, SC, January 13, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2022, 13:20 local time
- Place: Lexington, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0257° N, 81.3754° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0257&lon=-81.3754&mi=10
- Aircraft: N879CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N879CD) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220113000519A

## Narrative

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

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED GMU AT 12:59 PM , IN ROUTE TO CHS. THE SKY WAS CLEAR AND WINDS WERE LIGHT. APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE RED OIL ANNUNCIATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE WENT TO 0 PSI. THE TACHOMETER SHOWED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OVER SPEEDING WELL BEYOND REDLINE. PILOT PULLED BACK THE THROTTLE HALF WAY TO SEE IF ENGINE COULD BE SAVED.  PILOT CALLED KCAE APPROACH CONTROLLER AND DECLARED A PROBLEM. CONTROLLER STATED PILOT COULD LAND THERE, IF THAT WOULD HELP. AT THAT POINT THE ENGINE WAS NO LONGER RUNNING AND THERE WAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE CONTROLLER AND BEGAN LOOKING FOR THE BEST PLACE TO PULL THE CHUTE.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED  TO GET AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE TO LAKE SHORE BEFORE CHUTE WAS PULLED.  AT FLIGHT ALTITUDE 2000 FEET, PILOT PULLED THE CHUTE.  PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS AROUND  13:25 PM.  UPON ENTERING THE LAKE, THE CHUTE WAS STILL INFLATED AND DRAGGING PILOT AND PASSENGER  CLOSER TO SHORE SO THEY REMAINED IN THE PLANE FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES. AT SOME POINT THE CHUTE STARTED PULLING THEM AWAY FROM SHORE SO THEY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND SWAM TOWARDS SHORE.  BOTH PILOT AND PASSENGER, WERE EXAMINED BY RESPONDING EMS PERSONAL.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED/RECORDED.

## 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 ERA22LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA109), Jan 13, 2022: Cirrus Design SR22 (N879CD), Lexington, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to a shift of the No. 3 main journal bearing, which resulted in blocked oil ports that restricted oil to the engine’s internal components and a subsequent catastrophic…

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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