# Accident 20250506008069A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Luverne, MN, May 6, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2025, 14:15 local time
- Place: Luverne, MN
- Airport: Quentin Aanenson Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6168° N, 96.2177° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6168&lon=-96.2177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202FD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202FD) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 224 total, 137 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA189) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250506008069A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS RETURNING TO THEIR HOME AIRPORT. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 050 AT 10 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 14 KNOTS. ON INITIAL APPROACH, THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AFTER TOUCHING DOWN WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE. ON THE SECOND APPROACH, THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN TOUCHED DOWN HARD AND STARTED PORPOISING. THE NOSE CAME DOWN, RESULTING IN A PROP STRIKE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 CEN25LA189](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA189), May 6, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22T (N202FD), Luverne, MN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.

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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