# NTSB WPR25LA085: Cirrus Design SR22T, N124LZ, Santa Barbara, CA, January 29, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: January 29, 2025, 14:17 local (22:17 UTC)
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Coordinates: 34.438175, -119.85799 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4382&lon=-119.8580&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR pattern base: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 199623
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA085
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/199623/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA085

## Preliminary report

On January 29, 2025, about 1417 Pacific standard time, a Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, N124LZ, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Santa Barbara, California. The two pilots were seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. A review of ADS-B data showed that the airplane departed Santa Barbara, Municipal Airport, (SBA), Santa Barbara, California. The airplane flew to the west about 10 minutes before they returned to the airport. The data showed that the pilots performed one touch and go landing on runway 15R and remained in the airport traffic pattern. ADS-B data ended about one mile north of the approach end of runway 15R, in an area consistent with a base turn to final turn. At the last data point, the airplane’s groundspeed was about 120 knots and was at an altitude of about 375 ft mean sea level. The airplane impacted an open field and a postimpact fire ensued that consumed most of the airframe. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System was activated. The airplane was recovered and retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Approach-VFR pattern base: Unknown or undetermined](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000) (defining event); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22T, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md?model=2130004), [All aircraft, 1,703 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/000/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N124LZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N124LZ), registered now, S/N 1125, built 2015 (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: 1125
- Year built: 2015
- Airframe hours: 973.5
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Lima Zulu Aircraft Corp
- Registered owner: Lima Zulu Aircraft Corp
- Last inspection: Annual, July 31, 2024
- Airport: SBA, Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, runway 15R, 4,184 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 57 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter: 30.10 inHg
- Observed at: KSBA, 1 nm away
- METAR: KSBA 292153Z 20008KT 10SM FEW025 14/08 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP194 T01440078 $

## 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 20250129002179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250129002179A), Jan 29, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR22T, Goleta, CA, Destroyed. Aircraft is flying straight and level. Makes a hard right descending turn, parashoot deploys and opens before impact. A post crash fire consumes the aircraft.…

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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