Light airplane Cirrus SR-22 with two people on board crashed at Klamath County in Oregon, USA. The aircraft was traveling from Klamath Falls to Medford, but crashed in forest terrain. The rescuers were unable to locate the airplane, due to cloud cover and mountaine area. Many volunteers from the county and troopers joined forces with rescue crews to find the exact location of the aircraft wreck. Later the position was found in thick timber in a remote area of western Klamath County near the Pacific Crest Trail. The two people on board of the aircraft were fatally injured and rescuers only recovered their bodies.
The victims of the crash were identified as 54-year-old Juan Canopii and 60-year-old Chantal Canopii, both of Glendale, Oregon.
The Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board will held an investigation of the crash. The Federal records show Juan Canopii received his private pilot’s license to operate a single-engine plane only in December.
Cirrus SR22 is a single-engine four- or five-seat composite aircraft built from 2001 by Cirrus Aircraft of Duluth, Minnesota. It is a development of the Cirrus SR20, with a larger wing, higher fuel capacity, and a more powerful, 310-horsepower (231 kW) engine. The SR22 has been the world’s best-selling general aviation (GA) airplane every year since 2002. It is the most-produced GA aircraft made from composite material, accounting for over 30% of the entire piston aircraft market.
