# Accident 20251230019089A: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Louisburg, NC, December 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2025, 09:30 local time
- Place: Louisburg, NC
- Airport: Triangle North Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0258° N, 78.3247° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0258&lon=-78.3247&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506SR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N506SR-2026-09-07) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 108 total, 15 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251230019089A

## Narrative

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

ON 12/30/2025 AN SR20 DEPARTED TRIANGLE NORTH EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KLHZ) AT 1430Z/ 0930 EST FOR PATTERN PRACTICE AT KLHZ. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE EXPERIENCED A GUST OF WIND WHILE LANDING RUNWAY 23. WEATHER REPORTS OBTAINED SHOW AT 0935, WINDS 28009G16KT. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT INTO THE GRASS AND IMPACTED AN EMBANKMENT RESULTING IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, WINGS, GEARS, AND FUSEALAGE. SKID MARKS WERE OBSERVED VEERING LEFT OFF THE APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 23, LEADING TO A TIRE TRAIL THROUGH THE GRASS TO THE PAPI LIGHTS AND UP THE HILL EMBANKMENT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO ITS LEFT WING AND ALL LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLIES. UPON IMPACT WITH A PAPI LIGHT, THE LEFT WING'S FUEL CELL WAS RUPTURED. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DETACHED UPON HITTING THE EMBANKMENT, AND PROPELLER DAMAGE INDICATED THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE IMPACT FORCE WAS SUFFICIENT TO DEPLOY THE SEAT BELT AIRBAGS. THE PILOT'S LAST FLIGHT IN THE SR20 WAS LOGGED ON 10/13/2025 WITH 12.9 HOURS TOTAL DUAL RECEIVED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OBTAINED A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE 2 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT IN A PA-28-181 AND STATED THAT HIS TRAINING HAD BEEN DONE PRIMARILY IN A PA-28-181.  THE SR20 HAS A CONTINENTAL IO-360-ES ENGINE AND HAS BEEN DERATED TO 200HP.

## 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 ERA26LA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA081), Dec 30, 2025: Cirrus Design SR20 (N506SR), Louisburg, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to compensate for gusting crosswind conditions and subsequent loss of directional control following an aborted go-around attempt, which resulted in a runway excursion.

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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