# Accident 20250523007349A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, San Luis Obispo, CA, May 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2025, 09:15 local time
- Place: San Luis Obispo, CA
- Airport: San Luis Obispo County Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2368° N, 120.6416° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2368&lon=-120.6416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N797CK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N797CK) (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: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 241 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC25LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250523007349A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED HE WAS CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF RUNWAY 29. AIRCRAFT ACCELERATED ON RUNWAY CENTERLINE UNTIL 40-60 KNOTS AND THEN PULLED LEFT OFF CENTERLINE MORE THAN HE COULD CORRECT WITH RIGHT RUDDER. AIRCRAFT ROLLED INTO GRASS AREA TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY, AND UNEVEN GROUND HELPED IT BECOME AIRBORN. AIRPORT RAMP CAMERA SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT BANKED RIGHT ONCE IT BECAME AIRBORN. IT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, SHEARED LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG, NOSEWHEEL, AND SLID TO REST BETWEEN RUNWAYS 29 AND 25. PILOT AND PASSENGER EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT UNINJURED, AND A FIRE STARTED UNDER THE LEFT WING WHICH WAS HANDLED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

METAR:

KSBP 231556Z 28007KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01720072

KSBP 231631Z 30014KT 10SM CLR 18/07 A2996 RMK AO2 T01830067

## 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 ANC25LA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC25LA040), May 23, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22T (N797CK), San Luis Obispo, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.

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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