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NTSB Identification: CEN16LA016
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, October 16, 2015 in Lancaster, TX
Probable Cause Approval Date: 02/17/2016
Aircraft: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22, registration: N849CD
Injuries: 1 Serious, 1 Uninjured.
NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
The private pilot reported that he was flying a night visual pattern to a nontowered airport. Due to another airplane on final approach, the pilot extended the downwind leg to create spacing. While on the extended final in a rural area with low lighting, the pilot descended the airplane well below a proper glidepath to the runway and struck an unlit high-voltage power line located about 1 mile from the runway. After feeling a jolt, the passenger deployed the airframe’s parachute system. The airplane subsequently became suspended in a second set of power lines, and the pilot and passenger safely egressed the airplane.
At the time of the accident, the precision approach path indicators (PAPI) for both runways were inoperative due to maintenance. A notice to airmen (NOTAM) for the PAPI closure was active at the time of the accident, and the pilot was aware of the NOTAM. The dark conditions and extended final likely created a visual illusion in which the pilot thought he was higher than he was; without an operative PAPI, the pilot had limited external references to assist him in maintaining a proper glidepath during the approach.
The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident as follows:
The pilot’s failure to maintain a proper glidepath during a night visual approach, which resulted in impact with a power line. Contributing to the accident was an inoperative precision approach path indicator.
On October 16, 2015, about 1940 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22 airplane, N849CD, was destroyed after striking a power line during approach to the Lancaster Regional Airport (LNC), Lancaster, Texas. The pilot was not injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which departed without a flight plan from the Mid-Way Regional Airport (JWY), Midlothian, Texas about 1850.
The pilot stated he was practicing a 'no flap' visual approach to Runway 31 at LNC and extended his downwind leg to create spacing from an aircraft that was on final approach. As the pilot flew toward Runway 31 on final approach, the airplane struck the upper static line of a set of unlit high voltage power lines, located about one mile prior to the threshold of Runway 31. After feeling a jolt, the passenger deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). The airplane continued northwest about 200 feet and impacted a second set of high voltage power lines. The airplane and CAPS became entangled in the second set of power lines and the airplane came to rest suspended by the parachute, with the nose about three feet above the ground. The pilot and passenger exited through the pilot's side door and jumped to the ground. The airplane was subsequently consumed by a post-crash fire.
The pilot's final approach to Runway 31 was over a rural area with low cultural lighting. At the time of the accident, the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) for both runways was inoperative due to maintenance. The PAPI is a visual aid that provides glideslope information to help a pilot acquire and maintain the correct glide path to a runway. A Notice to Airman (NOTAM) concerning the inoperative PAPI was active, which the pilot stated he was aware of.
The airport manager and Texas Department of Transportation personnel reviewed obstacle clearance information for LNC. The closest tower to the power line struck was 592 feet msl, which was 105 feet above the touchdown zone elevation for Runway 31. This tower and other power lines/obstacles in the vicinity of LNC were below the 34:1 obstacle clearance plane required for a non-precision runway.
14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
Accident occurred Friday, October 16, 2015 in Lancaster, TX
Aircraft: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22, registration: N849CD
Injuries: 1 Serious.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. NTSB investigators may not have traveled in support of this investigation and used data provided by various sources to prepare this aircraft accident report.
On October 16, 2015, about 1940 central daylight time, a Cirrus SR22 airplane, N849CD, was destroyed after striking a power line during approach to the Lancaster Regional Airport (LNC), Lancaster, Texas. The pilot was not injured and the passenger was seriously injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by a private individual under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 as a personal flight. Night visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the flight, which departed without a flight plan from the Mid-Way Regional Airport (JWY), Midlothian, Texas about 1850.
The pilot stated he was practicing a 'no flap' visual pattern to Runway 31 at LNC and extended his downwind leg to create spacing from an aircraft that was on final approach. As the pilot flew toward Runway 31 on final, the airplane struck the upper static line of a set of high voltage power lines, located about one mile prior to the threshold of Runway 31. After feeling a jolt, the passenger deployed the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). The airplane continued northwest about 200 feet and impacted a second set of high voltage power lines. The airplane and CAPS became entangled in the second set of power lines and the airplane came to rest suspended by the parachute, with the nose about three feet above the ground. The pilot and passenger exited through the pilot's side door and jumped to the ground. The airplane was subsequently consumed by a post-crash fire.
At the time of the accident, the precision approach path indicator (PAPI) for both runways was inoperative due to maintenance. The PAPI is a visual aid that provides glideslope information to help a pilot acquire and maintain the correct approach to a runway. A Notice to Airman (NOTAM) concerning the inoperative PAPI was active at the time of the accident.
FAA Flight Standards District Office: FAA Dallas FSDO-05
The cleanup continued Saturday in a field near Lancaster Regional Airport where a single-engine airplane clipped a power line and crashed Friday night.
Crews were seen repairing the power lines and removing debris, including a Ballistic Recovery System parachute that deployed from the plane as it was landing.
Two people were on board the Cirrus SR22, and the passenger was taken to a hospital with unspecified injuries, according to an FAA spokesperson.
A witness of the crash told NBC DFW he heard the plane making a sputtering noise as it flew over his house. Concerned something was wrong, Arnold Jisdel got into his truck and began following it.
"I heard a bunch of sirens, the sky lit up orange - it was glowing - so I knew that plane had already went down," said Jisdel.
A preliminary report was expected to be released within a week, an FAA spokesperson said.
LANCASTER – Witnesses say a small plane crashed and caused a grass fire Friday evening near Lancaster Regional Airport.
According to a woman who told News 8 she could see the crash from her home, the plane went down at about 7:20 p.m. south of the airport and caught fire.
According to initial reports, two people were aboard the plane. Both people survived, though one was transported to a local hospital.
The FAA said the plane was a Cirrus SR22 and it clipped a power line two miles south of Lancaster.
The Dallas Co. Sheriff's Department is responding, along with the Lancaster and Ferris fire departments.
-Source: http://www.wfaa.com
One person is injured after a single-engine airplane clipped a power line and landed in a field Friday evening near the Lancaster Regional Airport, officials say.
Emergency crews were called at about 7:20 p.m. to a field near Ferris and Lavender roads, approximately two miles south of the airport.
Two people were on board the s Cirrus SR22, and the passenger was transported from the scene for treatment of unspecified injuries, according to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman.
The crash also caused a small grass fire, officials said.
The Dallas County Sheriff's Department, along with Lancaster police and fire, and Ferris fire personnel are working at the scene.
There was no immediate reports of power outages as a result of the incident.
- Source: http://www.nbcdfw.com
Clipped power lines before or after deployment? for if after, the deployment did not 'save' the plane.
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