# NTSB CEN25LA294: Cirrus SR22, N627WT, Stanwood, MI, July 28, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: July 27, 2025, 22:16 local (Jul 28, 2025, 02:16 UTC)
- Place: Stanwood, MI
- Coordinates: 43.577011, -85.284
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5770&lon=-85.2840&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 9, 2025
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA294
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200653/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200653
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA294

## Probable cause

The collision with a deer during takeoff.

## Findings

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

- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Ability to respond/compensate (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: animal(s)/bird(s)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 358 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022045/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 107 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310/sequence.md)

## Analysis

During a night takeoff from the turf runway, the airplane collided with a deer. The pilot experienced controllability problems while trying to land and elected to perform a no-flap landing. The airplane landed without further incident. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed damage to the left flap and substantial damage to the left elevator. A review of the airport directory found a remark to alert pilots to deer on and in the vicinity of the airport. A search of the FAA’s Wildlife Strike Database did not find any previously reported wildlife strikes at the accident airport.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N627WT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N627WT), registered now, S/N 9793, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CIRRUS SR22 (T)
- 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: 9793
- Year built: 2024
- Airframe hours: 390.7
- Engines: Continental TSIO-550-K 315 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: N627wt LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 20, 2024
- Departed: 0C5, Stanwood, MI
- Destination: 13C, Lakeview, MI
- Airport: 0C5, Canadian Lakes, runway 36, 3,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Video recording device, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Satellite tracking device

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 9, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 1,028.6 total, 943.8 in this make and model, 832 as pilot in command, 82 in the last 90 days, 23.4 in the last 30 days, 3.6 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: KRQB, 13 nm away
- METAR: KRQB 280215Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 24/23 A3006 RMK AO2 T02420226

## 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 20250727010899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250727010899A), Jul 27, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Canadian Lakes, MI, Substantial damage. Aircraft struck deer during takeoff. Pilot contacted great lakes approach after takoff to declare an emergency. Great lakes approach gave pilot vectors to…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 9, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200653. 3.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 2.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19249954&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=CEN25LA294%20NTSB%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photos (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 907 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19250032&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=cen25la294%20photos%202-Rel.pdf
- Airport directory excerpt (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 40 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19249806&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=canadian%20lakes%20airport%20directory-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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