- Date
- May 6, 2025, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place
- Luverne, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N202FDCirrus Design SR22T
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA MSP FSDO
- FAA report
- 20250506008069A
- Case key
- 200229
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.
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 on his first landing attempt the airplane touched down with excessive force and he executed a go-around. On the pilot’s second attempt the airplane again landed with excessive force, but he thought he could still land the airplane. The airplane porpoised, nosed forward, and struck the propeller on the runway. The pilot reported that the airplane sustained damage to the propeller, nose landing gear, left wing, and firewall. Photographs of the airplane after the accident showed substantial damage to the firewall. The pilot reported no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202FD
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10394
- Built
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 161
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-550-K, 315 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pro Ag Aviation LLC
- Registered owner
- Pro Ag Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 10, 2025
- Departed
- FBL · Faribault, MN
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- LYV · Quentin Aanenson Fld, runway 18/36, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, Airframe parachute, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, ADS-B, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system
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
- 55
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 4, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 221 total · 138 in this make and model · 150 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.02 inHg
- Observed at
- KLYV
- METAR
- METAR KLYV 061915Z AUTO 05006KT 10SM CLR 28/01 A3002 RMK AO2=
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.