SERS · Cirrus Design Corp. SR-20 · 2001-09-19 · St. Bonifacius, MN, USA
Event
NTSB number
CHI01LA318
Event ID
20010921X01977
Type
Accident
Date
2001-09-19
Location
St. Bonifacius, MN, USA
Coordinates
44.899654, -93.740028
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
2
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
2
Aircraft
Make
Cirrus Design Corp.
Model
SR-20
Registration
N747TW
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
IMC
Probable cause
Improper servicing of the airplane by other maintenance personnel, inadequate inspection of the airplane by the other maintenance personnel prior to the airplane's flight, and the unsuitable terrain encountered during the forced landing. Factors relating to the accident were the oil exhaustion, the low ceiling providing the pilot little time to select a field once the airplane was beneath the clouds, the pilot not following proper emergency procedures requiring use of full flaps for the forced landing, and the corn crop.