# NTSB DCA09WA061: Cirrus SR-22, N45GH, Tizintichka, Morocco, April 9, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 9, 2009, 10:30 local (10:30 UTC)
- Place: Tizintichka, Morocco
- Coordinates: 31.316667, -7.366666
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3167&lon=-7.3667&mi=10
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 4 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 74150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA09WA061
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/74150/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA09WA061

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute: Other weather encounter](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 8 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,130 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/400/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45GH-2009-08-04), registration cancelled 2009-08-04, S/N 1185, built 2004 (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 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: Marrakech
- Destination: Ouarzazate
- Flight plan: VFR

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC)

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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