- Date
- May 23, 2025, 09:12 local (16:12 UTC)
- Place
- San Luis Obispo, CA · On airport
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N797CKCirrus Design SR22T
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20250523007349A
- Case key
- 200225
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that, during takeoff, the airplane veered to the left. The pilot attempted to correct with opposite rudder. The airplane exited the runway, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N797CK
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1694
- Built
- 2018
- Airframe hours
- 954
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550-K 1B, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Yale Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 22, 2025 · 10 hours before
- Destination
- VUO · Vancouver, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SBP · San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport, runway 29, 6,101 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Data recorder, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 20, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 475 total · 241 in this make and model · 414 as pilot in command · 39 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.96 inHg
- Turbulence
- Unknown
- Observed at
- KSBP
- METAR
- KSBP 231556Z 28007KT 10SM CLR 17/07 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP146 T01720072
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 11, 2025, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.0 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.