# Incident 20251114016449I: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Selmer, TN, November 14, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2025, 14:30 local time
- Place: Selmer, TN
- Airport: Robert Sibley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Run-Up Area
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2029° N, 88.4984° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ROBERT SIBLEY (SZY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2029&lon=-88.4984&mi=10
- Aircraft: N972JB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N972JB) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251114016449I

## Narrative

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

SELMER, TN (SZY): N972JB, SR22, EXPERIENCED A BRAKE FAILURE WHILE TAXIING FOR DEPARTURE FOR RUNWAY 17 AND WENT OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND DOWN AN EMBANKMENT WHERE THE FRONT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. POB: 2, INJURIES: NONE, DAMAGE: EXTENT UNKNOWN. 11/14/2025 2030Z

THE OWNER/PILOT STATED: THE MORNING OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2025, THE PILOT DEPARTED MURFREESBORO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (MBT) AND LANDED AT ROBERT SIBLEY AIRPORT (SZY) WITHOUT INCIDENT. PARKED THE AIRCRAFT FOR A FEW HOURS. UPON RETURING COMPLETED A FULL PREFLIGHT INSPECTION IAW CIRRUS SR22 G2 CHECKLIST.

AFTER START UP TAXIED  TOWARDS RUNWAY 17. APPROACHING THE END OF THE TAXIWAY ATTEMPTED TO REDUSE SPEED IN PREPARATION FOR THE RUN-UP. WHEN BRAKE PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, THERE WAS NO BRAKING RESPONSE. ADDITIONAL BRAKE INPUTS WERE ATTEMPTED WITH NO EFFECT.

WITH NO BRAKING ACTION AVAILABLE, THE AIRCRRAFT CONTINUED FORWARD AND VEERED LEFT, COMING TO REST IN AN EMBANKMENT APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET OFF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE RUNWAY.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS SHUT DOWN AND AIRCRAFT SECURED.

MEMPHIS FSDO WAS NOTIFIED AND 3 INSPECTORS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2025, AND BEGAN OUR INVESTIGATION. INITIAL ASSEMENT SHOWED NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CASUING DAMAGE TO BELLY UNDER ENGING COMPARTMENT. THERE WAS NO ENGINE MOUNT OR FIREWALL DAMEGE. NO WING OR FLIGHT CONTROL DAMAGE. AFTER AIRCRAFT WAS RECOVERED AND MOVED TO SECURED HANGER, INSPECTORS REMOVED LIGHTENEING PANELS, NO DAMAGE TO SPARS NOTED.

THE CAUSE OF THE BRAKE FAILURE WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO BRAKE BLEEDER VALVE OPENED FOR TOW.

IIC RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT.

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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