# NTSB WPR26LA297: Cirrus Design SR22T, N551JW, Sells, AZ, August 9, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: August 9, 2026, 09:27 local (16:27 UTC)
- Place: Sells, AZ
- Coordinates: 31.932583, -111.89425
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9326&lon=-111.8942&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/310)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: FAA-FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203565
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA297
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203565/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA297

## Sequence of events

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

- [Takeoff: 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)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N551JW](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N551JW), registered now, S/N 0454, built 2013 (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: 0454
- Year built: 2013
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Depato LLC
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Airport: E78, Sells, runway 04/22, 5,830 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.01 inHg
- Icing: Unknown
- Turbulence: Unknown
- Observed at: KRYN, 39 nm away
- METAR: METAR KRYN 091445Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 30/19 A3001

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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