# Accident 20250129002179A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Goleta, CA, January 29, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2025, 14:15 local time
- Place: Goleta, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4382° N, 119.8580° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4382&lon=-119.8580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124LZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124LZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22T (registry code 2130004, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-550-K (registry code 17410, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,415 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250129002179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR25LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA085), Jan 29, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22T (N124LZ), Santa Barbara, CA, destroyed, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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