# Accident 20250719016792A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Hollister, CA, July 19, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 2025, 11:42 local time
- Place: Hollister, CA
- Airport: Hollister
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8876° N, 121.4045° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8876&lon=-121.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N551SG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551SG) (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: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 292 total, 156 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA219) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250719016792A

## Narrative

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

CIRRUS WAS ON APPROCH TO RUNWAY 31 AT HOLLISTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCVH), ON SHORT FINAL AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY AN AIRCRAFT DEPARTING RUNWAY 31 (SAME RUNWAY), RESULTING IN THE CIRRUS AIRCRAFT RECEIVING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT (LEFT ELEVATOR AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER).  CIRRUS AIRCRAFT PLUMMETED TO THE GROUND LANDING, BOUNCED ON THE RUNWAY, COLLAPSING LANDING GEAR.  SMALL POST-LANDING FIRE OCCURED.

SECONDARY AIRCRAFT THAT COLLIDED WITH THE CIRRUS SUSTAINED PROPELLER DAMAGE, LANDED SAFELY.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N926DT, Nelson Douglas VANS RV-8: [Accident 20250719009102A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250719009102A)

## 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 WPR25LA219](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA219), Jul 19, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22 (N551SG), Hollister, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The departing pilot’s failure to see and avoid the landing airplane during the takeoff, which resulted in a mid-air collision.

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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