WPR26LA339

NTSB accident investigation · Cirrus Design SR22T · Santa Teresa, NM · September 10, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 10, 2026, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
Place
Santa Teresa, NM
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N615LTCirrus Design SR22T
Defining event
Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
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
203804

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
N615LT
Reported as
Cirrus Design SR22T
Category
Airplane
Serial number
2459
Built
2021
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Instructional · Part 91
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
DNA · Dona Ana County International Jetport Airport, runway 28, 9,550 × 100 ft, asphalt

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
330° at 7 knots
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
82 °F, dew point 63 °F
Altimeter
30.18 inHg
Observed at
KDNA
METAR
METAR KDNA 101755Z AUTO 33007KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A3018 RMK AO2=