# Incident 20251106016739I: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Lexington, KY, November 6, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2025, 11:12 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Bluegrass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N311LS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N311LS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cirrus Design SR20 (registry code 2130000, https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-360-ES (registry code 17160, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-360-es) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-360-ES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 427 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251106016739I

## Narrative

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

THIS FLIGHT WAS AN INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT WITH A CFI IN THE RIGHT SEAT AND A NON-CERTIFICATED POTENTIAL STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT. ALL OPERATIONS WERE NORMAL THROUGHOUT THE FLIGHT UNTIL LANDING GROUND ROLL. WHEN THE CFI ATTEMPTED TO TURN RIGHT FROM THE RUNWAY ONTO A TAXIWAY THE BRAKES WERE SPONGY AND THE AIRCRAFT CARRIED TOO MUCH SPEED TO COMPLETE THE TURN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A BLUE TAXI LIGHT WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL PANT. THE STUDENT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS INSTRUCTED TO PUSH ON THE BRAKE PEDALS, AT WHICH POINT THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED IN THE GRASS. AFTER THE FLIGHT A MECHANIC INSPECTED THE BRAKE SYSTEM AND FOUND AIR IN THE BRAKES DURING BLEEDING OF THE SYSTEM.

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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