NTSB ERA25LA136 — 2025-03-06 · North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States

Current FAA registration · N744SM

Make / Model: CIRRUS DESIGN SR22
Year of manufacture: 2017 · 8 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR IO-550-N (310 hp)
Seats / Engines: 4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date: 20171002
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S AA0302

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N744SM CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 Minor

Probable cause & findings

The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control while attempting to land in a gusty crosswind, which resulted in a runway excursion.

Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he was attempting to land with a right quartering crosswind at a velocity of 13 knots, gusting to 24 knots. As the airplane neared touchdown, the pilot felt a sudden loss of lift and the airplane began to drop, possibly due to windshear. The pilot increased engine power for a go-around, but the airplane veered left off the runway, went down a depression, and across a taxiway before coming to rest. While traveling down the depression, the empennage impacted the ground and separated, substantially damaging the airframe. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. 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-Aircraft control-Pilot
— Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Directional control-Not attained/maintained
— Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Crosswind-Response/compensation
— Environmental issues-Conditions/weather/phenomena-Wind-Gusts-Response/compensation

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2025_ERA25LA136.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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