WPR26LA307

NTSB accident investigation · Cirrus Design SF50 · Driggs, ID · August 14, 2026

Accident · Serious injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 14, 2026, 06:26 local (12:26 UTC)
Place
Driggs, ID
Injuries
1 serious, 1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Aircraft
N71KDCirrus Design SF50
Defining event
Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Collision during takeoff/land
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Western Pacific Region
Parties
Federal Aviation Administration
Case key
203598

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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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
N71KD
Reported as
Cirrus Design SF50
Category
Airplane
Serial number
0433
Built
2023
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Vision71 LLC
Registered owner
Vision71 LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Destination
IXD · Olathe, KS
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
DIJ · Driggs/Reed Memorial Airport, runway 4, 7,301 × 100 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B

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
170° at 3 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
6,000 ft overcast
Temperature
52 °F, dew point 52 °F
Altimeter
30.18 inHg
Observed at
KDIJ
METAR
METAR KDIJ 141156Z AUTO 17003KT 10SM FEW042 OVC060 11/11 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP185 60000 70021 T01110106 10122 20106 53004