# Accident 20250320020449A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Lafayette, GA, March 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2025, 14:30 local time
- Place: Lafayette, GA
- Airport: Barwick Lafayette
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6924° N, 85.2889° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6924&lon=-85.2889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N969SS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N969SS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550-N (registry code 17215, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 379 total, 310 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250320020449A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS CIRCLING THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO PRACTICE. ON THE THIRD LANDING ATTEMPT THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN BANKING SHARPLY LEFT AND, IN A NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE, DIPPING BACK TO THE RIGHT BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY BETWEEN THE DEMARCATION BAR AND THE THRESHOLD MARKINGS ON APPROACH TO RUNWAY 20. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, FLIPPED OVER, AND WAS CONSUMED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE. THERE WERE 2 ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. THERE WERE NO SURVIVORS.

## 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 ERA25FA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA151), Mar 20, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22 (N969SS), LaFayette, GA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack while landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall/spin at an altitude too…

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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