# Accident 20251223020589A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Lake Elsinore, CA, December 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 2025, 14:55 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Santa Ana
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6092° N, 117.4300° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6092&lon=-117.4300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N272HM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N272HM) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 714 total, 547 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251223020589A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE TWO ERRORS ACCORDING TO STATEMENT,

1. MISSED HEADINGS VIA INSTRUCTIONS FROM TOWER.

2. DISCONNECTED AUTOPILOT IN IMC CONDITIONS

PILOT ELECTED TO DEPLOY PARACHUTE FOR AIRCRAFT WHICH IN TURN LANDED IN A RAVINE WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO ARIZONA FOR EVALUATION BY NTSB.

## 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 WPR26LA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA071), Dec 23, 2025: Cirrus Design SR22T (N272HM), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s intentional deployment of the airframe parachute system due to task-saturation in instrument meteorological conditions.

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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