2022 Cirrus SR22 accident at Forno Alpi Graie (ZS-CDA)

Incident Overview and Location On March 11, 2022, at 10:06 UTC, a Cirrus SR22 with registration ZS-CDA crashed in the locality of Forno Alpi Graie, in the province of Turin, Italy. The accident site was located at coordinates N45°22’05” - E007°10’07”, at an approximate altitude of 2,790 meters above sea level. The aircraft was destroyed in the incident, and no other damage was reported. ## Flight Details and Context The accident occurred during a transfer flight from Cuneo Levaldigi Airport (LIMZ) to Ostend Airport (EBOS) in Belgium. The aircraft had departed Cuneo at 09:40 UTC. This leg was part of a larger series of flights intended to transfer the aircraft from Lanseria (FALA) in South Africa to Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport (KFXE) in the United States for delivery to a buyer. The pilot had made a technical stop at Cuneo on the night of March 10, 2022, before resuming the journey. At the time of the accident, the aircraft was on the portion of the route toward the point PAS, where an IFR insertion was planned for the continuation of the flight. ## Pilot and Aircraft Information The sole person on board was a 79-year-old pilot of United States nationality, who was killed in the accident. He held a valid FAA Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) license for single- and multi-engine airplanes (land) and a second-class medical certificate. The pilot was the director of Aviation Services International, a company specializing in aircraft delivery and customs services. The aircraft, a single-engine, low-wing Cirrus SR22, was registered in South Africa in 2008 with serial number 2914. It was powered by a Continental IO-550-N-47 piston engine and equipped with the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS). The aircraft's documents were valid, and it had a total of 2,144.8 flight hours as of January 2022. The owner was a private individual of United States nationality, while the operator for the flight was Aviation Services International.