# NTSB ANC24LA026: Cirrus Design SR22T, N51FM, Paso Robles, CA, April 19, 2024

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: April 19, 2024, 11:23 local (18:23 UTC)
- Place: Paso Robles, CA
- Coordinates: 35.680398, -120.62565
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6804&lon=-120.6256&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Alaska Regional Office
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 194129
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ANC24LA026
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/194129/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194129
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC24LA026

## Probable cause

The flight instructor’s failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in a loss of directional control and runway excursion. Contributing to the accident was the pilot receiving instructions failure to maintain runway alignment.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Instructor/check pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 19 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 10 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing: Wrong surface or wrong airport](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Stall warn/stick-shaker/pusher](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/430/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 13 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot receiving instruction reported that while on short final approach, he recognized that he was aligned with the wrong runway. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft and banked hard to the right in an attempt to land on the runway which they were cleared to land. Almost immediately the stall warning sounded, the flight instructor applied throttle and attempted to level the aircraft. The landing gear contacted the runway, the airplane continued across the runway into a field and came to rest inverted. The pilot receiving instruction sustained serious injury and the airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported no pre-impact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N51FM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N51FM), registered now, S/N 2156, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T
- Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22T](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22t) (registry code 2130004) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-550-K](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-550-k) (registry code 17410, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2156
- Year built: 2020
- Airframe hours: 576.8
- Engines: Continental TSIO-550-K 315 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, August 1, 2023, 18.9 hours before
- Departed: L35, Big Bear, CA
- Destination: KPRB, Paso Robles, CA
- Airport: PRB, Paso Robles Municipal Airport, runway 19, 6,008 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; injuries: serious; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 12, 2022; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 270 total, 270 in this make and model, 106 as pilot in command, 4 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours
- Flight instructor; age 23; injuries: none; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review March 19, 2024; seat: front; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 438 total, 114 in this make and model, 152 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 800 ft broken
- Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 29.94 inHg
- Observed at: PRB, 1 nm away
- METAR: KPRB 192053Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/12 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP136 T02000117 58017

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20240419007009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240419007009A), Apr 19, 2024: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Paso Robles, CA, Substantial damage. Paso Robles Airport, CA. A Cirrus SR-22, impacted and departed runway 19 while attempting to land during an instrument approach. Pilot, flight instructor, and…

## Docket (5 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 6, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=194129. 5.4 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (flight instructor) (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 1.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17107751&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA026%20CFI%206120-Rel.pdf
- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (pilot receiving instruction) (item 2, PDF, 9 pages, 1.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17078546&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA026%20pilot%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot receiving instruction statement (item 3, PDF, 3 pages, 246 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18416981&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA026%20Pilot%20Statement-Rel.pdf
- Flight instructor statement (item 4, PDF, 1 page, 41 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18417778&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CFI%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 5, PDF, 4 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=17107082&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ANC24LA026%20Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf

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.

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