One dead in Cirrus SR22 crash near Ruston, Louisiana
The accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality in the October 21 crash; the National Transportation Safety Board investigation is open and the cause has not been determined.
By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:33 a.m. ET
One person was killed when a crashed near Ruston, Louisiana, on October 21, 2025, at about 2:44 p.m. local time, according to the accident record. This remains a developing matter and details may change.
The accident record lists one person aboard and one fatality, and states the aircraft was destroyed. It classifies the flight as a Part 91 general aviation flight and identifies the aircraft as a registered , with the operator listed as . The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. The cause has not been determined.
Aircraft registry records list as a Cirrus Design Corp SR22, a single-engine piston landplane with a Continental Motors IO-550-N engine, serial number 3903, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as Ozark Management Inc; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator of the flight, the pilot, or otherwise connected to it. Web searches found no organisation of that name identified with Ruston or Lincoln Parish, and no company-published material for an aviation business of that name in Louisiana. The only same-named corporate entity found is Ozark Management, Inc. of Jefferson City, Missouri, listed by Dun & Bradstreet under management, scientific and technical consulting services and appearing in the AircraftOne registry directory of aircraft-owning companies; it could not be established from those sources whether that entity is the registered owner referred to here. A company of that name also appears as a plaintiff, alongside individuals and a medical practice, in a 2006 US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit decision concerning directors of Great Plains Airlines Holding Company. Wes Stricker is self-described on LinkedIn as CEO at Ozark Management, Inc; the investigation has made no finding connecting him to this accident. This is background on the owner of record and says nothing about this accident.
As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains 183 other cases involving the Cirrus Design Corp SR22, of which 59 involved a fatality. That count is not a safety rate and says nothing about the cause of this accident.
Weather observations recorded at Ruston Regional Airport (KRSN), 3.1 miles away and 11 minutes from the reported time of the accident, showed wind from 20 degrees at 8 knots, visibility 10 statute miles, an overcast layer at 6,500 feet and a temperature of 74°F. Geographic reference data places Ruston in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, at a settlement elevation of 325 feet and 3.1 miles west-northwest of Ruston Regional Airport. The NTSB investigation remains open.
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Ozark Management IncThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
325 ft
Nearest aerodrome
3.1 miles WNW of Ruston Regional Airport (KRSN/RSN)
Sources
No sources recorded.
Revision history
Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:33current
Corrected the bearing between Ruston and Ruston Regional Airport to match the geographic reference data, and noted that the investigation has made no finding connecting the named company officer to the accident.
Version 15 Aug 2026, 19:51
First published.
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