Loss of Another SR22 Remains Under Investigation

Aero-News extends its condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Edwin Farr, whose body was recovered off the coast of Bryan County in southeastern Georgia.

On 06 May 2022, the U.S. Coast Guard announced a search was underway for a possible downed aircraft approximately twenty-miles southeast of Wassaw Island—one of over one-hundred, tidal and barrier islands between the mouths of the Santee and St. Johns Rivers along the Atlantic coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The search was discontinued on the same date “pending new information.”

According to Bryan County Coroner Bill Cox, the body of the missing pilot was recovered the following Friday [13 May 2022]. Mr. Cox identified the decedent as 67-year-old Edwin Farr of Lexington, South Carolina.

Online flight-tracking indicates the Cirrus SR22 Mr. Farr was flying departed Whiteplains Airport (SC99) in Lexington, South Carolina at approximately 07:30 EDT on 06 May, and remained airborne for some ninety-minutes before disappearing from radar. The aircraft’s wreckage was recovered six-days later (12 May 2022) from 62-feet of water. Recovery efforts were hampered by unfavorable sea-conditions.

Jim Givens of Sea Tow Savannah stated, “You can’t tow these very fast because they’re fragile … So we towed it at about 2 knots [˜2.3 mph]. It just takes a long time.”

The wreckage was towed to Halfmoon Marina, approximately 27-miles southwest of Savannah), where it was turned over to aircraft recovery specialists.

Mr. Farr’s remains were taken to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Crime Lab, where the cause of his death remains under investigation.

FMI: www.uscg.mil, https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N24LA