# NTSB CEN25LA068: Cirrus Design SR22T, N725DC, Lubbock, TX, January 3, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: January 3, 2025, 10:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Coordinates: 33, -101 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0000&lon=-101.0000&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Lubbock FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199504
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA068
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199504/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199504
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA068

## Probable cause

The loss of directional control during the takeoff roll for undermined reasons that resulted in an impact with trees.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Unknown/Not determined (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.

- [Takeoff: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Attempted remediation/recovery](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 1,422 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/060/sequence.md)
- [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 17 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during the takeoff roll, at 50 knots, he felt a quick shake/wiggle and the airplane turned hard left due to a left main landing gear tire failure. The pilot stated that he reduced engine power and applied right rudder pedal control input as much as possible, but the airplane continued to pull left. The airplane exited the left side of the runway and impacted trees. The airplane came to rest on its left side and a postcrash fire ensued that destroyed the airplane. The postcrash fire precluded any examination to determine the cause of the accident.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N725DC](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N725DC), registered now, S/N 9002, built 2022 (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: 9002
- Year built: 2022
- Airframe hours: 357
- Engines: Continental TSIO550K2B 315 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Lubbock Wrecker Service LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, October 8, 2023
- Destination: ADS, Addison, TX
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: F82, Lubbock Executive Airpark, runway 17, 5,144 × 70 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review November 23, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 405 total, 255 in this make and model, 335 as pilot in command, 60 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 30 days, 0 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 41 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter: 30.37 inHg
- Observed at: LBB, 11 nm away

## 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 20250103000069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250103000069A), Jan 3, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Lubbock, TX, Destroyed. On January 3, 2025, at 1040 CDT, a SR-22, registered to private individual, collided with trees when it departed the paved surface prior to take off at Lubbock…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 21, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=199504. 24.1 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18235871&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Maintenance records (item 2, PDF, 25 pages, 22.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18238156&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Logs%20Master_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 3, PDF, 2 pages, 478 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=18239629&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Template-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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