Cirrus Design CORP SR22T accident near Champaign/Urbana, Illinois, June 27, 2025
On June 27, 2025 at about 6:20 pm local time, a 2025 Cirrus Design CORP SR22T, registered N320EB, was substantially damaged in an accident during taxi near Champaign/Urbana, Illinois (University Of Illinois/Willard airport). It was an executive or corporate flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The ground vehicle operator’s failure to maintain clearance from the airplane.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 27, 2025 · about 6:20 pm local time
- Place
- Champaign/Urbana, Illinois · University Of Illinois/Willard · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Cirrus Design CORP SR22T, built 2025
- Registration
- N320EB · registry record · serial 10744
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive or corporate flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Ground collision during taxi defining event
The NTSB's findings
- Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › (general) › Ground crew
- Personnel issues › Psychological › Attention/monitoring › Monitoring environment › Ground crew
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: single-engine land; single-engine sea; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 1,017 hours in all; 413 in this make and model; 47 in the last 90 days; 21 in the last 30 days; 799 as pilot in command
- Last flight review: May 3, 2025
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: left
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 4.1 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 3,600 lb
- Seats: 5
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental Motors TSIO-550K (piston); 4 hours total
- Operator: Cirrus Design CORP
The flight
- Departed from: DLH Duluth MN at 4:00 pm
- Destination: CMI Champaign IL
- Flight plan: IFR
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 200° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: a few clouds at 3,500 ft
- Temperature: 81°F (27°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter: 29.99 inHg
- Observation at 1:53 pm from KCMI
Weather report (METAR): METAR KCMI 271853Z 20007KT 10SM FEW035 27/22 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP149 T02670222=
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight crew | 1 |
Photographs from the investigation 2 pictures from the NTSB's docket, as the NTSB released them
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Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
3 documents, released by the NTSB on October 17, 2025. View them here, or download them; the NTSB redacts some personal details before release, and this site shows the NTSB's own titles rather than its file names.
| # | Document | What it is | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot/operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 | PDF, 10 pages | View Download |
| 2 | Investigation Photographs | PDF, 3 pages · our copy | View Download |
| 3 | Company Incident Report | PDF, 4 pages | View Download |
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