# Accident 20260516006449A: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Vernal, UT, May 16, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2026, 14:00 local time
- Place: Vernal, UT
- Airport: Vernal Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4377° N, 109.5089° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4377&lon=-109.5089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252LM) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,454 total, 580 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR26LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA192) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260516006449A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17. THE PILOT STATED THAT PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN WINDS WERE WITHIN AIRCRAFT LIMITS BUT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO TOUCHDOWN FOR LANDING THERE WAS A 40 KNOT CROSSWIND GUST. (AT 161953Z METAR KVEL AIRPORT WAS REPORTING WINDS 280 AT 16 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 25 KNOTS. A PEAK GUST OF 37 KNOTS AT 270 WAS RECORDED ONE MINUTE AFTER THE ACCIDENT.) THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING WAS LIFTED BY THE GUST. HE TRIED TO LEVEL THE AIRCRAFT WITH FULL RIGHT AILERON BUT THE WIND GUST WAS TOO STRONG. HE ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND BY APPLYING FULL POWER AND RIGHT RUDDER, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE AND THE LEFT-WING TIP STRUCK THE GROND CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SPIN 180 DEGREES WHILE DEPARTING THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING AND ALL THE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 WPR26LA192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA192), May 16, 2026: Cirrus Design SR22T (N252LM), Vernal, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during the landing flare with a gusting crosswind.

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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