ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 306189
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 January 2023 |
| Time: | 15:39 |
| Type: |  Cirrus SR20 G3 |
| Owner/operator: | 99EC Holding LLC |
| Registration: | N99EC |
| MSN: | 2307 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2532 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-360-ES 26B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Indianapolis Executive Airport, IN (KTYQ) |
| Indianapolis Executive Airport, IN (KTYQ) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On January 24, 2023, about 1539 eastern standard time, a Cirrus SR20 airplane, N99EC, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Indianapolis, Indiana. The pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was being operated as a Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight.
The airplane, rented by the pilot, departed on a reported short cross-country flight. Flight track data showed that after takeoff, the airplane climbed to an altitude of about 1,000 ft above ground level and traveled southeast. Near the end of the flight, the airplane performed a 360° turn and began a rapid descent. The highly fragmented wreckage was located adjacent to a railroad track in a residential area. The airplane damage was consistent with a high angle and high energy impact with terrain. Examination of the airplane revealed no preimpact mechanical deficiencies that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. Following a death investigation, the coroner classified the manner of death as a suicide.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s intentional flight into terrain as an act of suicide.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/local/indianapolis/2023/01/24/indianapolis-plane-crash-what-we-know-south-indianapolis-university-railroad-tracks/69837954007/
https://www.wishtv.com/news/local-news/1-dies-in-plane-crash-on-railroad-tracks-on-south-side-of-indianapolis/
NTSB
https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=99EC
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=add0b1&lat=39.704&lon=-86.140&zoom=16.0&showTrace=2023-01-24&leg=2
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N99EC
https://www.flyingmag.com/training-learn-fly-cirrus-jumpstart-program-aims-grow-ga/
https://cdn.jetphotos.com/full/5/48971_1639626489.jpg (photo)
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Photo: NTSB
Media:
LATEST: A person died in a small plane crash Tuesday afternoon on railroad tracks on the south side of Indianapolis, authorities say. https://t.co/9xf7aLNIqT pic.twitter.com/eldb1ipN9G
— WISH-TV (@WISH_TV) January 24, 2023
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