Cirrus SR22-NO SERIES N7YT
26 January 2015 · Maui, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 January 2015 at about 02:44 local time, a Cirrus SR22-NO SERIES registered N7YT, operated by The Flight Academy, was involved in an accident near Maui, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 02:44
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Maui, United States
- Coordinates
- 20.8705, -156.4497
- Aircraft
- Cirrus SR22-NO SERIES
- Registration
- N7YT
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2015
- Operator
- The Flight Academy
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Tracy → Maui
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- WPR15LA089
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's inability to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks for reasons that could not be determined because the airplane was ditched and not recovered.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot reported that, during the transpacific flight, he was unable to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks. Despite multiple attempts to troubleshoot the fuel system issue, he was unable to correct the situation. After transferring fuel from the forward auxiliary fuel tank to both main fuel tanks, he estimated that there was only enough fuel in the main tanks to reach within about 200 miles of land, so he decided to divert to a nearby cruise ship. Once the airplane was in the immediate vicinity of the cruise ship, the pilot activated the airplane's parachute system, the parachute deployed, and the airplane descended under the canopy into the ocean. The pilot immediately exited the airplane and inflated an emergency life raft; he was recovered from the water a short time later. The airplane subsequently became submerged in the water and was not recovered. The reason for the pilot's inability to transfer fuel from the aft auxiliary fuel tank to the main fuel tanks could not be determined.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 Apr 2015 | Cirrus SR22 | Fort Myers, Florida, United States | Alpha X-Ray LLC | No injuries | - |
| 9 Nov 2015 | Cirrus SR22 | Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
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| 19 Feb 2015 | Cirrus SR22 | Lexington, Kentucky, United States | Optimal Aircraft Management LLC | No injuries | - |
| 28 Feb 2015 | Cirrus SR22 | Ljubljana, Moste, Slovenia, Slovenia | Racunovostvo Vizija DD | No injuries | - |
| 24 Nov 2015 | Cirrus SR22 | Danbury, Connecticut, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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