# NTSB GAA22WA054: Cirrus Design SR22, N565CK, Auxerre, France, December 21, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: December 21, 2021, 18:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Auxerre, France
- Coordinates: 47.846398, 3.496604 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8464&lon=3.4966&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 104439
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA22WA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104439/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA22WA054

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach: VFR encounter with IMC](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 392 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/401/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N565CK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N565CK-2023-11-11), registration cancelled 2023-11-11, S/N 1490, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- 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
- Serial number: 1490
- Year built: 2005
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: Unknown
- Flight: Personal, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Registered owner: Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee

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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