CEN09WA065

NTSB accident investigation · Cirrus SR-22 · Cherbourg, France · November 16, 2008

Accident · FatalForeign investigation
Date
November 16, 2008, 17:20 local (17:20 UTC)
Place
Cherbourg, France
Injuries
1 fatal
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N224AGCirrus SR-22
Defining event
Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Dusk
NTSB office
Central Region
Lead agency
Other
Case key
69469

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Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.

Aircraft

Registration
N224AG
Reported as
Cirrus SR-22
Category
Airplane
Serial number
3089
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
Operator
Zonder Aviation Inc Trustee
Registered owner
Zonder Aviation Inc Trustee
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
EGKB · Biggin Hill
Destination
EGJJ · Jersey
Flight plan
Unknown

Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Dusk
Wind
310° at 8 knots
Visibility
25 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
2,200 ft broken
Temperature
54 °F, dew point 50 °F
Altimeter
30.54 inHg
Observed at
EGJJ