# NTSB Accident LAX08FA043
> **Cirrus Design Corp. SR22** · 2007-12-30 · Paso Robles, CA, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** LAX08FA043
- **Event ID:** 20080114X00045
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2007-12-30
- **Location:** Paso Robles, CA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.542221, -120.522781
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cirrus Design Corp.
- **Model:** SR22
- **Registration:** N254SR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's encounter with isolated moderate (or greater) turbulence, updrafts, and downdrafts associated with localized mountain wave conditions at low altitude, and, his failure to maintain adequate airspeed during the encounter that resulted in an inadvertent accelerated stall.  Contributing to the accident were the pilot's decision to conduct low altitude flight maneuver and the pilot's diverted attention while using a cell phone.

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