Cirrus SR22 N220MT

Summary

On 7 November 2019 at about 19:00 local time, a Cirrus SR22 registered N220MT was involved in an accident near Upland, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 November 2019 at 19:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Upland, California, United States

Nearest airport

Cable Airport (CCB)

Coordinates

34.1097, -117.6697

Aircraft

Cirrus SR22

Registration

N220MT

Category

Airplane

Year built

2007

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Torrance → Upland

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR20FA019

1 person died.

The pilot's exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering for landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and loss of control.  

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Radar data indicated that, when the accident airplane was about 1 nautical mile southwest of the airport, another airplane entered a left downwind leg for the landing runway. The first airplane was on the base leg of the traffic pattern when the accident airplane entered the left downwind. The accident airplane's speed slowly decreased as it continued the downwind leg, and the first airplane landed when the accident airplane was turning toward the base leg at about 69 knots groundspeed. Shortly thereafter, the airplane descended and impacted a residential area about 1/2 mile from the runway threshold. A witness saw the accident airplane enter the traffic pattern shortly behind the first airplane. As the first airplane landed, the accident airplane was on base to final flying “low and very slow,” like it was “waiting for” the first airplane. The left wing dropped, and the airplane descended to the ground. Postaccident examination of the airframe and engine revealed no anomalies that would have precluded normal operation. Based on the available information, the accident is consistent with the pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while maneuvering for landing, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall, loss of control, and impact with terrain. It is possible that the pilot may have been distracted by the airplane landing in front of him, which contributed to his loss of situation awareness regarding the airplane’s speed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.