# Incident 20251018016989I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Louisville, KY, October 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2025, 12:48 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Bowman Field
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2280° N, 85.6637° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOWMAN FLD (LOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2280&lon=-85.6637&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N721LM) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,688 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251018016989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS FLYING WITH A CFI FOR PROFICIENCY TRAINING. HE WAS ATTEMPTING A TAKEOFF BUT REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT ACCELERATING AS EXPECTED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL AND ABORTED THE TAKEOFF. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE PASSED HIS DECISION POINT ON THE RUNWAY BEFORE REACHING TAKEOFF SPEED. THE CFI STATED THAT HE HEARD A RUMBLING SOUND FROM THE LEFT REAR AND THE PIC TOLD HIM THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT ROTATE. WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT IT VEERED TO THE LEFT, DEPARTED THE RUNWAY SURFACE, AND STOPPED IN GRASS OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT SHUTDOWN THE AIRCRAFT AND INSPECTED THE PLANE WITH NO DAMAGE NOTED. THE PLANE WAS TOWED TO A HANGAR AND PARKED. A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE BRAKES AND FOUND WORN BRAKE LINERS ON THE LEFT BRAKE. THE MECHANIC REPLACED LEFT AND RIGHT BRAKE ROTORS, PADS, WHEEL CLIPS, AND BLED THE SYSTEM. HE TESTED THE BRAKES AND NO FURTHER ISSUES WERE FOUND.

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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