# Accident 20220209001509A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Southern Pines, NC, February 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 2022, 17:50 local time
- Place: Southern Pines, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2374° N, 79.3890° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2374&lon=-79.3890&mi=10
- Aircraft: N987AA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N987AA-2023-07-01) (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: 1,465 total, 1,004 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA22LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220209001509A

## Narrative

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

ARMY HELICOPTER WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 5 AT KSOP AND MAKING THE PROPER RADIO CALLS ON THE CTAF FREQUENCY OF 123.05.  THE ARMY HELICOPTER HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY.

N987AA WAS MAKING AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23 AT KSOP AND TRANSMITTING ON THE WRONG FREQUENCY OF 122.7 WHICH IS THE FREQUENCY FOR HARNETT COUNTY AIRPORT.  N987AA CAUGHT A GLIMPS OF THE ARMY HELICOPTER DOWN LOW OVER THE OTHER END OF RUNWAY 23 BUT THOUGHT THE HELICOPTER WAS MOVING CLEAR OF THE RUNWAY. PILOT OF N987AA REPORTED THE SUN WAS SETTING AND CAUSING A GLARE.

THE ARMY HELICOPTER HAD TO DO AN EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLIDING WITH N987AA.

N987AA CAUGHT THE ROTOR WASH OF THE HELICOPTER AND LOST CONTROL CRASHING ONTO THE RUNWAY.

## 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 ERA22LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA125), Feb 9, 2022: Cirrus Design SR22 (N987AA), Pinehurst, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The in-flight encounter while on final approach with high-speed trailing vortices from a military helicopter, resulting in abnormal runway contact. Contributing to the accident was the Cirrus pilot’s…

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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