THE DTSB
Pending. Low ceiling and vis IMC RNAV GPS approach to runway 36, the accident pilot may have had to disconnect the autopilot due to sequencing errors and became distracted, and then disoriented.
Key facts
- DateOctober 21, 2025
- Local time9:45 AM
- LightDay
- WeatherIMC
- Phase of flightApproach
- People on board1
- Fatalities1
- AirportKRSN
Accident Location
- City, State
- Ruston, Louisiana
- Latitude
- 32.471944
- Longitude
- -92.574167
- Airport ID
- KRSN
Aircraft Info
- N Number
- N42BE
- Make
- Cirrus
- Model
- SR-22 GTS
- Category / Class
- Aircraft Single Engine Land
- Amateur Built
- No
Pilot Info
- Pilot in command
- Cooper, Rodney Lynn
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Certification
- Private Pilot
- IFR rating
- Yes
- Medical
- 3rd Class Medical
- Flight school
- No
- Instructional flight
- No
Analysis
- Weather
- IMC
- Time of day
- Day
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Pilot error
- Yes
- Pilot incapacitation
- No
- People on board
- 1
- PIC fatality
- 1
- Total fatalities
- 1
- NTSB travel
- Unknown
- AQP category
- 1) SD-D →
Probable Cause
NTSB
None yet (final report not yet published).
Recommendation
THE DTSB
Pending.
NTSB
None issued. NTSB recommendations are rare and usually tied to high-profile accidents.
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