- Date
- April 9, 2009, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tizintichka, Morocco
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- N45GHCirrus SR-22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC)
- NTSB office
- Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 74150
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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.
Factual narrative
On April 9, 2009, about 1030 UTC, a Cirrus SR-22, a personal flight, collided with high terrain at an elevation of about 6700 feet, at Tizintichka, Morocco. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and the airplane was on a VFR flight plan. The pilot and 3 passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. The domestic flight departed from Marrakech and was destined for Ouarzazate. The investigation is being conducted by the Administration de l’Air of Morocco. The U.S. NTSB has designated a U.S. Accredited Representative to support the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the state of manufacture. All inquiries on this accident should be directed to: Administration de l’Air B.P. 1073 Rabat-Principal Rabat Maroc
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45GH
- Reported as
- Cirrus SR-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Marrakech
- Destination
- Ouarzazate
- Flight plan
- VFR
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)