Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Houston, Texas
Aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Cirrus Design Corporation
Date: 01-SEP-22
Time: 20:23:00Z
Regis#: N420SS
Aircraft Make: CIRRUS
Aircraft Model: SR22
Event Type: ACCIDENT
Highest Injury: FATAL
Total Fatal: 1
Flight Crew: 1 Fatal
Pax: 2 Minor
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: PERSONAL
Flight Phase: APPROACH (APR)
Operation: 91
City: HOUSTON
State: TEXAS
Those who may have information that might be relevant to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigation may contact them by email witness@ntsb.gov, and any friends and family who want to contact investigators about the accident should email assistance@ntsb.gov. You can also call the NTSB Response Operations Center at 844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290.
Pilot David Stoneking from Spring, Texas and passenger Kim Hazelwood of Livingston, Texas were injured in a single-engine plane crash on Thursday, September 1, in the Tomball area of Houston in Harris County.
According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the plane was traveling from Tennessee and stopped in Louisiana to refuel before continuing to Houston. It is believed that the plane experienced engine trouble near Hooks Airport in Spring and crashed in between two mobile homes on Monterrey Pine Place. Hazelwood, 56, and Stoneking, 67, were taken to Memorial Hermann in the Woodlands for treatment of their injuries. Another occupant in the plane was killed in the crash.
The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the accident.
KNOXVILLE, Tennessee (WVLT) - One person was killed and two were injured after a plane, which departed from Knoxville, crashed between two mobile homes in Spring, Texas, according to officials. The pilot died in the crash and the two passengers sustained minor injuries, according to the preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Christopher Jensen, of Murfreesboro, was the pilot of the plane and died at the hospital following the crash, according to Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Richard Standifer. Standifer said there was one female and two males on board, identified as Kim Hazlewood of Livingston, Texas and David Stoneking of Spring, Texas. He also said all three were taken to the hospital.
Cirrus Aircraft released a statement following the crash, confirming the pilot was one of their employees. The full statement can be read below:
We are deeply saddened by the death of a Cirrus Aircraft team member involved in a Cirrus SR Series accident that occurred on Thursday, September 1 in Tomball, Texas near David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport.
Our immediate thoughts and prayers are with our team member’s family, the aircraft occupants and all those affected.
Cirrus Aircraft is actively supporting all appropriate authorities in the investigation. With respect to those involved and as the initial investigation begins, we will not comment on the accident details or speculate about the accident’s cause. -Cirrus Aircraft
The Cirrus SR22 took off from McGhee Tyson Airport with three people and crashed on the way to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport around 5 p.m. local time, according to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration.
As the plane was trying to land, it lost power and hit a tree, according to Standifer. The FAA reported Friday the plane crashed “under unknown circumstances.”
“The good lord is good,” Standifer said. “The plane was able to come to rest in between two houses, so it didn’t encroach on any of the residences.”
Standifer said there was a parachute deployed but it was attached to the plane. He said he believed it was used to slow the descent of the plane while it was going down.
Initial reports indicated that about 75 gallons of gas leaked from the plane, according to officials with the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office.
Officials with the National Transportation Safety Board announced they were investigating the crash.
A Cirrus Aircraft employee died Thursday night in a plane crash near Spring, Texas, a company spokesperson confirmed.
The Cirrus SR-22 took off from McGhee Tyson Airport with three people and crashed on the way to David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport at around 5 p.m. local time, according to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration.
"We are deeply saddened," Cirrus spokeswoman Nadia Haidar said in a prepared statement. "Our immediate thoughts and prayers are with our team member’s family, the aircraft occupants and all those affected."
Hairdar declined to comment further, citing the investigation and respect for the families involved.
As the plane was trying to land, it lost power and hit a tree, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
An official from the National Transportation Safety Board confirmed the plane crashed on its approach to the airport and said it was sending an investigator. According to the spokesperson, a preliminary report will likely be completed in about three weeks but the full investigation report, including the cause of the crash, can take up to a year.
Two other people were on board and were transported to a local hospital. No further information was available as of Friday afternoon.
Cirrus Aircraft recently underwent a major expansion to its Knoxville campus, adding three 12,000-square-foot airplane hangars to its facility next to McGhee Tyson Airport.
