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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Cirrus Design SR22T · Goleta, CA · January 29, 2025

Date: January 29, 2025 · 14:15 local
Place: Goleta, CA
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N124LZ
NTSB investigation: NTSBWPR25LA085
Reported as: Cirrus Design SR22T
Reported engine: Continental TSIO-550-K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 2
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,415 total

N124LZRegistered now · Cirrus Design SR22TS/N 1125 · Built 2015 Airframe modelCirrus Design SR22T Engine modelContinental TSIO-550-KReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft is flying straight and level. Makes a hard right descending turn, parashoot deploys and opens before impact. A post crash fire consumes the aircraft. Pilots stated the following, after the first set of touch and go, tower told PIC to extend upwind. In the downwind leg, tower told PIC to keep the downwind leg close to the departure end of RWY25 for departing traffic. When the aircraft was on the downwind, abeam the numbers of 15R, the PIC disconnected the autopilot and initiated a descent. Followed shortly by a "bang" coming from the left wing and then the aircraft started an uncontrolled bank to the right, PIC tried to correct the aircraft followed by the CFI pressing the autopilot disconeect and both were unsuccesful to correct course. The caps was deployed and the aircraft landed in a field where both pilots excavated themselves out of the aircraft. The aircraft was consumed by a post crash fire.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT IS FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL. MAKES A HARD RIGHT DESCENDING TURN, PARASHOOT DEPLOYS AND OPENS BEFORE IMPACT. A POST CRASH FIRE CONSUMES THE AIRCRAFT. PILOTS STATED THE FOLLOWING, AFTER THE FIRST SET OF TOUCH AND GO, TOWER TOLD PIC TO EXTEND UPWIND. IN THE DOWNWIND LEG, TOWER TOLD PIC TO KEEP THE DOWNWIND LEG CLOSE TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RWY25 FOR DEPARTING TRAFFIC. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON THE DOWNWIND, ABEAM THE NUMBERS OF 15R, THE PIC DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPILOT AND INITIATED A DESCENT. FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A "BANG" COMING FROM THE LEFT WING AND THEN THE AIRCRAFT STARTED AN UNCONTROLLED BANK TO THE RIGHT, PIC TRIED TO CORRECT THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWED BY THE CFI PRESSING THE AUTOPILOT DISCONEECT AND BOTH WERE UNSUCCESFUL TO CORRECT COURSE. THE CAPS WAS DEPLOYED AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD WHERE BOTH PILOTS EXCAVATED THEMSELVES OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY A POST CRASH FIRE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB WPR25LA085Accident · Serious injuriesClass 3 · LimitedPreliminary reportSanta Barbara, CAOn January 29, 2025, about 1417 Pacific standard time, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, N124LZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California. The two pilots were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of…Jan 29, 2025 · Destroyed