NTSB CEN25LA262 — 2025-06-27 · Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, United States

Current FAA registration · N320EB

Make / Model: CIRRUS DESIGN SR22T
Year of manufacture: 2025 · 0 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-550-K (315 hp)
Seats / Engines: 5 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20250625
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A36EB6

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N320EB CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22T None

Probable cause & findings

The ground vehicle operator’s failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.

Factual narrative

The ground vehicle operator reported that while driving behind the taxiing airplane, he looked to the left and did not see that the airplane began to turn off the taxiway toward the ramp. The ground vehicle operator continued driving forward and struck the airplane on the left side of the fuselage, which resulted in substantial damage. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

— Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-(general)-Ground crew
— Personnel issues-Psychological-Attention/monitoring-Monitoring environment-Ground crew

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_CEN25LA262.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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