# NTSB CEN25LA324: Cirrus Design SR22, N654CD, Cleburne, TX, August 13, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 13, 2025, 13:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Cleburne, TX - Coordinates: 32.35375, -97.43375 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3537&lon=-97.4338&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report September 26, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration, North Texas FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200813 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA324 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200813/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200813 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA324 ## Probable cause The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane directional control during the approach and subsequent go-around. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 94 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 35 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=2130001), [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. - [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 74 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) ## Analysis The student pilot stated for the preparation for his initial solo flight, he successfully completed three takeoffs and landings with his flight instructor at the airport that was planned to be used for the solo flight. During the solo flight, the student pilot completed two full stop landings without any issues prior to attempting a third takeoff and landing. The student pilot stated that during the third attempt, the airplane crossed the runway threshold about 82 to 84 kts with full wing flaps. When the airplane crossed over the runway numbers, he reduced the engine power to idle, and the airplane entered a normal float but began to drift left. He tried to arrest the drift with rudder application, but he could not maintain the runway centerline. The student pilot added engine power to execute a go-around but could not stop the airplane’s left drift. The airplane impacted the ground in a left wing and nose down attitude, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing, the engine firewall, and the rudder. The student pilot stated there was no mechanical malfunction/failure of the airplane that would have precluded normal airplane operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N654CD](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N654CD), registered now, S/N 1733, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1733 - Year built: 2005 - Airframe hours: 1788.4 - Engines: Continental Motors IO-550-N 310 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Registered owner: Charlie Delta Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, March 1, 2025 - Departed: FTW, Fort Worth, TX - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: CPT, Cleburne Regional Airport, runway 15, 5,697 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 32; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 53 total, 35 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 200° at 5 knots - Visibility: 8 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.98 inHg - Observed at: CPT ## 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 20250813013849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250813013849A), Aug 13, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Cleburne, TX, Substantial damage. Arrived at the airport at approx 12:30PM. The plan was to do (3) landings and takeoffs with the instructor and if those were executed properly and we felt… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 26, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200813. 4.0 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19232038&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 202 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19239326&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. 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