# NTSB WPR25LA001: Cirrus Design SR22, N752B, Bakersfield, CA, October 2, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: October 2, 2024, 13:47 local (20:47 UTC)
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Coordinates: 35.414372, -119.0385 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4144&lon=-119.0385&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Continental Motors, Inc., Federal Aviation Administration, Cirrus Aircraft
- NTSB case key (mKey): 195252
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA001
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/195252/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA001

## Preliminary report

On October 2, 2024, about 1347 Pacific daylight time, a Cirrus SR22, N752B, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Bakersfield, California. The pilot was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to the pilot, he refueled the airplane and departed Tulare, California, with about 75 gallons of 100 low lead aviation grade gasoline onboard and the low boost pump on. After departure, he climbed to 13,000 ft mean sea level (msl). When the pilot turned the low boost pump off the engine immediately started to run rough and began misfiring. The pilot then declared an emergency and the engine started to lose power. He attempted to run the engine on the high boost pump, which reduced the engine roughness; however, he was unsuccessful in restoring engine power. At 1,200 ft msl, he identified a potential landing area and pulled the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System, but the parachute did not deploy. The pilot stated that he didn't pull the CAPS activation handle hard enough as the parachute deployed immediately after he pulled the handle a second time. The pilot did not recall any further details from his recount of the accident. Surveillance video captured the airplane’s final 4 seconds of flight, which showed the airplane’s shadow as it traversed a road. The airplane and its parachute came into view in the remaining two seconds of video, which showed it impact the ground in a nose low and right wing low attitude. The parachute then settled near the main wreckage. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that fuselage and right wing was substantially damaged. The airplane has been retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (partial)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 15 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 1,858 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/342/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N752B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N752B), registered now, S/N 3157, built 2008 (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)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3157
- Year built: 2008
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Departed: TLR, Tulare, CA
- Destination: HND, Henderson, NV
- Airport: BFL, Meadows Field AIrport

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 99 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter: 29.83 inHg
- Observed at: KBFL, 1 nm away
- METAR: KBFL 022054Z 27004KT 10SM CLR 37/11 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP093 T03670111 58025

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20241002021149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241002021149A), Oct 2, 2024: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. The subject aircraft was enroute to henderson airport when the pilot reported the engine was running rough and requested to divert to Bakersfield airport. The…

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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