Cirrus SR22 N670SR

Summary

On 1 June 2018 at about 00:20 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N670SR was involved in an accident near Midland, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 June 2018 at 00:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Midland, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Midland International (KMAF)

Coordinates

31.0000, -102.0000

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22

Registration

N670SR

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Midland → Ruidoso

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN18FA204

2 people died.

An inadvertent stall, resulting in an uncontrollable descent and impact with terrain. Contributing to the accident was the high density altitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The student pilot and passenger were departing on a personal flight in the student pilot's airplane. Witnesses saw the airplane climb to about 200 ft above the runway at a slow airspeed, stall, and descend in a right turn until impact with terrain. According to the pilot's wife, he regularly flew the airplane, often with passengers. No pilot logbooks or records were found and the student's flight experience could not be determined. Examination of the airplane revealed no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Given the atmospheric conditions, the density altitude about the time of the accident was 6,660 ft mean sea level (msl).  

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.