# NTSB ERA09WA279: Cirrus Design SR22, Mt. Ainos, Greece, April 28, 2009

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: April 28, 2009, 17:02 local (17:02 UTC)
- Place: Mt. Ainos, Greece
- Coordinates: 38.116664, 20.5 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1167&lon=20.5000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73765
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09WA279
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73765/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09WA279

## Probable cause

None.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Analysis

None.

## Factual narrative

On April 28, 2009, about 1702 UTC, a Cirrus Design SR22, Israeli registration 4X-CWN, owned and operated by a private individual, was destroyed when it collided with terrain. The pilot filed a VFR flight plan from Zakynthos International Airport (LGZA), Zakynthos, Greece, to Corfu International Airport (LGKR), Kerkyra, Greece. The flight departed LGZA, and when it was approximately 25 miles north of the departure airport, it encountered IMC, and the pilot attempted to return toLGZA. The wreckage was located on Ainos Mountain at an elevation of 4,400 feet, approximately 7.8 miles east of Kefalonia Island International Airport (LGKF), Kefallinia, Greece. The two occupants were fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed by post-impact fire. This investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Air Accident Investigation and Safety Board (AAIASB) of the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Hellenic Republic. Any further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Ministry of Transport and Communication AAIASB Building 221 167 01 Helliniko Athens, Greece This report is for informational purposes only, and contains only information released by the Government of the Hellenic Republic.

## Aircraft

- Registration: 4X-CWN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Cirrus Design SR22
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Operator: Naum Sharfman
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: LGZA, Zakynthos
- Destination: LGKR, Kerkyra
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: LGKF, Kefalonia International

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC)

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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