ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 280481
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Date: | Sunday 19 September 2004 |
Time: | 16:13 |
Type: | Cirrus SR22 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | N931CD |
MSN: | 261 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | near Peters, California -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | KRDD |
Destination airport: | KSEE |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:A Cirrus SR-22 single engine airplane, N931CD, contacted trees in a walnut orchard during an emergency parachute descent near Peters, California. Following an encounter with weather and a loss of control, the pilot deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) about 16,000 feet mean sea level (msl), and the airplane made a parachute landing into the walnut orchard.
Probable Cause and Findings
The pilot's decision to continue flight into adverse weather and the subsequent encounter with the outer boundaries of a level 5 thunderstorm, which resulted in his loss of control of the airplane.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Jul-2022 08:08 |
harro |
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