# NTSB Accident DEN06FA131
> **Cirrus Design Corp SR20** · 2006-09-15 · Maybell, CO, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN06FA131
- **Event ID:** 20060925X01387
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-09-15
- **Location:** Maybell, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.984443, -108.800003
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cirrus Design Corp
- **Model:** SR20
- **Registration:** N787SL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's improper in-flight planning and decision making resulting in an inadvertent encounter with severe icing conditions during cruise flight and subsequent loss of aircraft control. Contributing factors include the pilot's failure to obtain a weather briefing, the thunderstorm, conditions conducive for structural icing, and the pilot's failure to deploy the parachute recovery system.

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