# NTSB CEN25LA189: Cirrus Design SR22T, N202FD, Luverne, MN, May 6, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: May 6, 2025, 14:15 local (19:15 UTC)
- Place: Luverne, MN
- Coordinates: 43.616769, -96.217736
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6168&lon=-96.2177&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200229
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA189
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200229/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA189

## Probable cause

The pilot’s improper landing flare which resulted in a hard landing.

## Findings

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

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · 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)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N202FD), registered now, S/N 10394, built 2025 (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: 10394
- Year built: 2025
- Airframe hours: 161
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20250506008069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250506008069A), May 6, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Luverne, MN, Substantial damage. The pilot was returning to their home airport. The winds were reported as 050 at 10 knots, gusting to 14 knots. On initial approach, the pilot initiated a go…

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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