# Accident 20250824012109A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Granbury, TX, August 24, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2025, 18:54 local time
- Place: Granbury, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Spinks
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4926° N, 97.7343° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4926&lon=-97.7343&mi=10
- Aircraft: N376CD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N376CD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR22 (registry code 2130001, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-550 series (registry code 17042, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,921 total, 2,293 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250824012109A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 24, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1854 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CIRRUS SR-22 HAD AN OFF-FIELD ACCIDENT NEAR GRANBURY REGIONAL AIRPORT(GDJ). THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED SPINKS AIRPORT (FWS) TO PERFORM ENGINE BREAK IN PROCEDURES DUE TO A NEW ENGINE INSTALLATION. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR AND 45 MINUTES OF FLIGHT WHEN APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES FROM SPINKS AIRPORT THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE SLOWING DOWN AND DIVERTED TOWARDS GRANBURY AIRPORT (GDJ). THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO LOSE ALTITUDE AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO SLOWDOWN. APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES NORTH EAST OF GDJ THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACH THE AIRPORT AND ACTIVATED THE CIRRUS AIRFRAME PARACHUTE SYSTEM (CAPS) AND SECURED THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED FLAT IN A PASTURE AS INDICATED BY IMPACT MARKS ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

KGDJ 242335Z AUTO 14005KT SCT080 34/16 A2998 RMK AO2 T03440159 PWINO

## 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 CEN25LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA342), Aug 24, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22 (N376CD), Granbury, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate fuel management, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel starvation.

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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