- Date
- September 7, 2026, 12:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Ashland, OH · Airport
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N521LMCirrus Design SR22
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 3
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- Case key
- 203766
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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Preliminary report
What NTSB knew early in the investigation. It may change in the final report.
On September 7, 2026, about 1255 eastern daylight time, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22, N521LM, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Ashland, Ohio. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot stated that during landing at Ashland County Airport (3G4), Ashland, Ohio, the airplane’s right brake did not operate. The left brake operated normally, and the airplane began to veer to the left. He kept the airplane on the centerline of the runway utilizing rudder controls; however, when the airplane slowed down it departed the left side of the runway and contacted two runway lights, which resulted in substantial damage to the wing and firewall. Examination of the airplane by an FAA inspector revealed that the right brake disc was circumferentially fractured. The brake disc was retained for further examination.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N521LM
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR22 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2243
- Built
- 2006
- Airframe hours
- 1,962
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 2026
- Departed
- OXB · Ocean City, MD
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 3G4 · Ashland County, runway 01, 3,501 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- MFD, 13 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KMFD 071652Z 06007KT 10SM CLR 24/13 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP220 T02390128 $