# Accident 20251220021059A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Springfield, MO, December 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2025, 13:02 local time
- Place: Springfield, MO
- Airport: Springfield-Branson National
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2713° N, 93.2169° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2713&lon=-93.2169&mi=10
- Aircraft: N242AZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N242AZ) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,340 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251220021059A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED DEWITT SPAIN AIRPORT (M01) AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, EN ROUTE TO JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KOJC), MAINTAINING A CRUISING ALTITUDE OF 8,000 FEET MSL BETWEEN THE WAYPOINTS ZERTY AND TRALE. WHILE ABEAM SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, THE ENGINE BEGAN PRODUCING AN INTERMITTENT UNUSUAL NOISE. EXERCISING CAUTION, THE PILOT OPTED TO DIVERT TO SPRINGFIELD-BRANSON NATIONAL AIRPORT (KSGF) AND WAS PROVIDED WITH A HEADING AND INSTRUCTED BY ATC TO DESCEND TO 3,000 FEET. DURING THE DESCENT, THE ENGINE'S PERFORMANCE DETERIORATED SIGNIFICANTLY, AND THE PILOT DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS NO LONGER PRODUCING POWER DESPITE ATTEMPTS TO INCREASE THRUST. REALIZING THAT GLIDING TO AN AIRPORT WAS NOT FEASIBLE, THE PILOT DECIDED THAT LANDING ON A HIGHWAY WAS THE SAFEST OPTION. THE PILOT SUCCESSFULLY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE HIGHWAY BUT CLIPPED A ROAD SIGN WITH THE LEFT WINGTIP, CAUSING THE PLANE TO VEER OFF INTO THE CENTER EMBANKMENT. THIS RESULTED IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR, DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, AND FIRE DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY.

## 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 CEN26LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN26LA066), Dec 20, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22 (N242AZ), Springfield, MO, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

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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