- Date
- May 12, 2026, 16:50 local (23:50 UTC)
- Place
- Sedona, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N806DMCirrus Design SR20
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 202998
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Probable cause
The pilot’s inability to maintain directional control due to a plastic foreign object jammed in the rudder pedals, while landing with a gusting left crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
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.
Analysis
The pilot reported that while on the final leg of the traffic pattern at the destination airport, he applied left crosswind correction and noted that the right rudder pedal was stiff. When the main landing gear contacted the runway surface, the rudder pedal was stuck. The pilot attempted to maintain control of the airplane; however, the airplane yawed to the right and exited the runway surface. Subsequently, the left wing impacted an airport sign, which resulted in substantial damage. At the time of the accident, the pilot was landing the airplane on runway 21 with the wind from 150° at 12 knots, gusting to 23 knots. Post accident examination revealed that a plastic foreign object was stuck in the right rudder pedal. The pilot added that during the flight, he observed a plastic foreign object bouncing around the cockpit earlier in the flight but was not sure what it was.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N806DM
- Reported as
- Cirrus Design SR20
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2228
- Built
- 2013
- Airframe hours
- 6,519.3
- Engine
- Continental IO-360-ES, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 5, 2026 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- FFZ · Mesa, AZ
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- KSEZ · Sedona Airport, runway 21, 5,132 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Electronic primary flight display, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 37
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 24, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 190 total · 28.5 in this make and model · 115.7 as pilot in command · 90.3 in the last 90 days · 39.3 in the last 30 days · 1.4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 23 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.10 inHg
- Observed at
- KSEZ
- METAR
- METAR KSEZ 122335Z AUTO 21012G23KT 180V240 10SM CLR 33/M05 A3010 RMK AO2