# NTSB CEN09WA065: Cirrus SR-22, N224AG, Cherbourg, France, November 16, 2008

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: November 16, 2008, 17:20 local (17:20 UTC)
- Place: Cherbourg, France
- Coordinates: 49.883335, 1.6 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=49.8833&lon=1.6000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 69469
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN09WA065
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/69469/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09WA065

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N224AG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N224AG-2010-06-02), registration cancelled 2010-06-02, S/N 3089, built 2008 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR-22
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (registry code 17215, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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

## 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

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.

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