# Accident 20230224001709A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Duluth, MN, February 24, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2023, 16:07 local time
- Place: Duluth, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.7228° N, 92.1491° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.7228&lon=-92.1491&mi=10
- Aircraft: N929DR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N929DR) (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: Airline transport, commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA130) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230224001709A

## Narrative

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

02/24/2023 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CIRRUS SR22 IMPACTED FROZEN RIVER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DLH.

AT 4:03 PM CST^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED DULUTH MN (DLH) FOR A SHORT REPOSITION FROM DLH TO SUPERIOR WI (SUW).  THE PILOT OWNED THE AIRPLANE WITH A PARTNER AND BASED IT AT SUW. ACCORDING TO ADS-B DATA AND DATA DOWNLOADED FROM THE AIRPLANE’S REMOTE DATA MODULE (RDM), ABOUT 4 MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM DLH, THE AIRPLANE WAS ON APPROACH TO SUW. IT WAS AT 1,300 FT MEAN SEA LEVEL WHILE ON AN APPROXIMATE 4-MILE FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 14 AT SUW. IT SUDDENLY PITCHED DOWN ABOUT 30° AND IMPACTED A FROZEN RIVER. REVIEW OF THE RDM DATA DID NOT REVEAL ANY PREIMPACT MALFUNCTIONS.

THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF CONTROL INPUT FROM THE PILOT TO ARREST THE DESCENT.  THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE DEBRIS FIELD WAS APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET LONG AND 30 FEET WIDE.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRFRAME IDENTIFIED THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE AIRPLANE. THE EMPENNAGE REMAINED INTACT. THE FORWARD COCKPIT SECTION AND INSTRUMENT PANEL WERE DESTROYED BUT IDENTIFIED.  THE AILERONS AND FLAPS SEPARATED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE WING, BUT WERE IDENTIFIED. THE ELEVATOR AND RUDDER CABLES EXTENDED INTO THE ICE AND HAD TO BE CUT BY RECOVERY CREWS TO FREE THE EMPENNAGE.   AILERON CONTROL CABLE CONTINUITY WAS CONFIRMED FROM BOTH AILERONS, THROUGH CABLE BREAKS CONSISTENT WITH OVERSTRESS, TO THE COCKPIT AREA. THE FLAP JACKSCREWS WERE NOT RECOVERED, BUT RDM DATA INDICATED THAT THEY WERE EXTENDED 50 PERCENT. THE ELEVATOR PITCH TRIM MOTOR WAS FOUND IN THE FULL NOSE-UP TRIM POSITION.

THE RDM DATA INDICATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING WITHIN NORMAL RANGE UNTIL THE END OF THE DATA.

## 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 ERA23FA130](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23FA130), Feb 24, 2023: Cirrus Design SR22 (N929DR), Duluth, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A rapid descent and subsequent collision with terrain for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.

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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