# Accident 20250330003499A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Somerset, NJ, March 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 2025, 09:35 local time
- Place: Somerset, NJ
- Airport: Princeton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4727° N, 74.5393° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4727&lon=-74.5393&mi=10
- Aircraft: N319TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N319TM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 463 total, 62 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA158) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250330003499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED PRINCETON AIRPORT ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH AN OBSERVED CEILING OF APPROXIMATELY 800' AGL.  SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED IMC.  AFTER A CLIMB TO 1800' MSL, THEN A DESCENT TO 1200' MSL, THEN A CLIMB TO 1500' MSL, THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A LEFT-HAND SPIRAL AND IMPACTED TERRAIN IN A WOODED AREA AND WAS DESTROYED.  THE DURATION OF THE FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES.

## 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 ERA25FA158](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA158), Mar 30, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22 (N319TM), Franklin Township, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal, 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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