SF50Vision Jet

cirrusEffective Sep 29, 2026Timetable 2018–2026

What mechanics have reported to the FAA on the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet, the airworthiness directives in force, and the NTSB accident record, on one sheet. SF50 Vision Jet, G1 through G2+ (Williams FJ33).

What gets written up2018–2026
74Ignition System1533%1572Turbine Engine Compressor Section48.7%432Landing Gear Brake System36.5%329Hydraulic System, Main24.3%236Pneumatic System24.3%221Air Distribution System24.3%2

Top six of ten systems. Counts reflect who reports, not how reliable the airplane is.

Registered
760 in the U.S., FAA registry Sep 29, 2026
Reports on file
46 since 2018
2016–2025
45, about 5.9 a year per 1,000 registered
ADs in force
3 (3 airframe, 0 engine)
Accidents
10 since 1995, 0 fatal

Airworthiness directives

3 in force · 0 superseded not shown

From Federal Register final rules since 1995. Whether an AD applies to a particular airplane depends on its serial number, engine and installed equipment; confirm against the FAA’s Dynamic Regulatory System.

For the airframe3 in force
AD2023-04-20Effective Mar 21, 2023Cirrus Design Corporation AirplanesOne-time

Uncommanded activation of the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System (CAPS) autopilot mode has caused accidents and incidents in flight. This AD requires inhibiting the CAPS autopilot, installing information placards, revising the airplane flight manual and maintenance documentation, and modifying wiring on certain airplanes to remove CAPS power timer functionality.

Read the AD in the Federal Register
AD2020-03-50Effective Jun 11, 2020Cirrus Design Corporation AirplanesEmergency AD

A cabin fire incident occurred on a Cirrus SF50 airplane during ground operations, prompting investigation of the headset amplifier and microphone interface circuit card assemblies. This AD requires disconnecting and removing the headset amplifier and microphone interface circuit card assemblies for the 3.5 mm audio and microphone jacks.

Read the AD in the Federal Register
AD2019-08-51Effective Jun 17, 2019Cirrus Design CorporationEmergency AD

The stall warning and protection system or Electronic Stability & Protection system on some SF50 airplanes has engaged inappropriately. Replace the angle of attack sensors with improved sensors.

Read the AD in the Federal Register
For engines in the fleet0 in force

None found in Federal Register final rules since 1995.

Engine ADs name an engine model family used on some Vision Jets; check the exact model and serial.

Accident history

10 U.S. accidents involving the Vision Jet since 1995, 0 of them fatal, with 0 fatalities. Homebuilt aircraft excluded. Counts, not rates: they follow fleet size, hours flown and how the airplane is used.

By phase of flight1995–2026
  • Ground10
  • Takeoff and climb50
  • Approach and descent10
  • Landing30

Phase of the event the NTSB recorded as defining the accident.

By five-year periodAccidents
  • 2015–201910
  • 2020–202460
  • 2025–202630

2026 is year to date. Investigations can take a year or more to reach the data.

NTSB cause findings, 2008–2026 · share of 7 accidents with findings

    Most frequent cause findings

      Findings about systems and powerplant

        Wording is the NTSB’s. An accident can carry findings in several categories. Read individual investigations in the NTSB’s CAROL database.

        What gets written up

        46 reports · 2018–2026

        The ten systems with the most service difficulty reports, by FAA system code (JASC). Fewer than 200 reports were filed on the Vision Jet in 2016–2025, so read these as long-run patterns.

        74Ignition SystemJASC 7400 · Ignition System1533%15

        Parts most often named Housing (15)

        RETARD BREAKER POINT LEAD WIRE ATTACHED TO DISTRIBUTOR HOUSING, HAS TERMINAL END BROKEN. WIRE IS TOO SHORT TO CRIMP NEW TERMINAL END ON. WIRE IS ATTACHED TO HOUSING WITH EPOXY LIKE COVERING AND NO ALLOWANCE IN THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR SPLICING OR REPLACING WIRE. REPLACED HOUSING WITH NEW.

        Reported condition, as filed2022 · SDR VJ3R202209070001

        THE RETARD BREAKER POINTS WIRE THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE DISTRIBUTOR HOUSING WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE TERMINAL END THAT ATTACHES TO THE POINTS BROKEN. THE WIRE WAS TOO SHORT TO ALLOW FOR CRIMPING A NEW TERMINAL ON. THE WIRE IS ATTACHED TO THE HOUSING AND COVERED WITH AN EPOXY LIKE MATERIAL, AND THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE MAINTENANCE MANUAL FOR SPLICING OR REPLACING THIS WIRE. THE HOUSING WAS REPLACED WITH A NEW UNIT.

        Reported condition, as filed2022 · SDR VJ3R202209070003
        72Turbine Engine Compressor SectionJASC 7230 · Engine (Turbine/Turboprop)48.7%4

        Parts most often named Compressor (2) · Blade (1) · Rotor (1)

        THE ACFT WAS SQUAWKED FOR A BANG NOISE DURING FLIGHT. THE ENGINE WAS BORESCOPE INSPECTED AND FOUND TO HAVE A DAMAGED HPC ROTOR. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A MISSING THIRRD STAGE IP BLADE. HPC ROTOR WAS SECONDARY DAMAGE.

        Reported condition, as filed2018 · SDR WI5R.20180606

        AFTER A FIELD EVENT, THE REQUIRED VIBRATION TESTING INDICATED UNACCEPTABLE 1ELP LEVELS AROUND .8 IPS. FIELD TROUBLE SHOOTING DISCOVERED A MISSING 3RD STAGE IP ROTOR BLADE. DISASSEMBLY OF THE ENGINE HAS CONFIRMED ONE MISSING 3RD STAGE IP BLADE. THE IP ROTOR HAS BEEN HELD FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION IF NECESSARY.

        Reported condition, as filed2018 · SDR WI5R2018101200000
        32Landing Gear Brake SystemJASC 3240 · Landing Gear System36.5%3

        Parts most often named Pad (2) · Brake Pads (1)

        DURING CONDITIONING OF NEW BRAKE PADS THE LEFT BRAKE FAILED RESULTING IN LOSS OF BRAKING AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL. UPON EXAMINATION THE LEFT BRAKE OUTBOARD BRAKE PAD LINING WAS MISSING FROM THE BACKING PLATE. PIECES OF THE LINING WERE FOUND IN THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY AND ON THE GROUND.

        Reported condition, as filed2024 · SDR PCPR202411071
        29Hydraulic System, MainJASC 2910 · Hydraulic Power System24.3%2

        Parts most often named B-Nut (1) · Shutoff Valve (1)

        36Pneumatic SystemJASC 3600 · Pneumatic System24.3%2

        Parts most often named Transponder (1) · Shutoff Valve (1)

        SLC IS REPORTING [tail no. removed], AN R66 IN FLORIDA, AS WELL AS [tail no. removed] OUT OF SLC AS [tail no. removed]. IT IS NOT A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE. IT’S BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS.

        Reported condition, as filed2021 · SDR 2021FA0000408
        21Air Distribution SystemJASC 2120 · Air Conditioning System24.3%2

        Parts most often named Duct (1) · Unknown (1)

        ON DEPARTURE, RECEIVED ECS CONTROL OVERHEAT, ECS CONTROL FAIL, TCV FAIL, AND A BURNING ODOR. TROUBLESHOT THE BLEED AIR SYSTEM TO SEE THE CAUSE OF THE CAS MESSAGES. FOUND THE AIRE DUCT LOOSE ON THE RAM AIR PLENUM TO BASS HEAT EXCHANGER PLENUM IN THE TAIL CONE. SECURED THE AIR DUCT AND SYSTEM FUNCTIONED OK.

        Reported condition, as filed2021 · SDR VSNA20211120001
        28Aircraft Fuel Distribution SystemJASC 2820 · Aircraft Fuel System12.2%1

        Parts most often named Not Reported (1)

        73Engine Fuel And ControlJASC 7300 · Engine Fuel And Control12.2%1

        Parts most often named Fuel Control (1)

        FADEC CTRL DEGRADED 58 (FUEL METERING VALVE) ENGINE POWER FLUCTUATES AT MCT ON LANDING, THRUST LEVER IDLE POWER REMAINED AT 26%

        Reported condition, as filed2022 · SDR 2022F00330
        34Pitot/​Static SystemJASC 3411 · Navigation System12.2%1

        Parts most often named Pitot System (1)

        DISCREPANCY FROM PILOT MARK HARRIS; SFD IAS AND ALT MISCOMPARE ALERTS FOLLOWED BY FROZEN IAS AND ALTITUDE INDICATIONS. AT 6000, INSTRUMENTS RETURNED TO NORMAL. FINDINGS AND FIX ARE STILL IN WORKS AND WILL BE REPORT ONCE COMPLETED. CIRRUS AIR SAFETY TEAM AND ENGINEERING SHOULD HAVE A REPORT FROM THE AIRCRAFT DOWNLOAD.

        Reported condition, as filed2021 · SDR 2021F00381
        36Pneumatic Distribution SystemJASC 3610 · Pneumatic System12.2%1

        Parts most often named Duct (1)

        ECS BLEED HOT AND THEN OVERHEAT MESSAGE. ON REMOVING THE INTERIOR OF THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE RAM AIR PLENUM HAD MELTED. FURTHER REVIEW SHOWED THAT THE RAM AIR DUCT HAD COME OFF OF THE PLENUM ITSELF.

        Reported condition, as filed2018 · SDR 2018FA0000103

        Open a row to read what mechanics wrote. Tail and serial numbers are removed.

        Where on the airframe

        Where Vision Jet service difficulty reports cluster, by airframe zone12345
        1. 1Engine, ignition & fuel control20
        2. 2Landing gear & brakes3
        3. 3Cabin & systems2
        4. 4Electrical & instruments1
        5. 5Fuel system1

        Reports in the ten systems above, by zone. Schematic, not to scale.

        Reports filed by year

        2018: 4 reports2019: 1 reports2020: 0 reports20202021: 5 reports2022: 20 reports202023: 8 reports2024: 5 reports2025: 2 reports2026: 1 reports (year to date)’26

        Peak 2022 (20). Hatched bar is 2026 to date.

        At the pre-buy

        My pre-buy card · Vision Jet

        0 of 7 looked at

        The components written up most often since 2011. Take this to the pre-buy and ask your inspector about each one; tap a mark to record what they found. Saved on this device only.

        1. Turbine Engine Compressor SectionJASC 7230 · 4 reports · Not yet looked at
        2. Landing Gear Brake SystemJASC 3240 · 3 reports · Not yet looked at
        3. Air Distribution SystemJASC 2120 · 2 reports · Not yet looked at
        4. Hydraulic System, MainJASC 2910 · 2 reports · Not yet looked at
        5. Aileron Control SystemJASC 2710 · 1 reports · Not yet looked at
        6. Fuel Control/​Turbine EnginesJASC 7321 · 1 reports · Not yet looked at
        7. Landing Gear Retract/​Extend SystemJASC 3230 · 1 reports · Not yet looked at
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        A starting point for the conversation with your inspector, not maintenance advice.

        What buyers get caught by

        The expensive surprises on any used airplane are missing logbooks, corrosion under paint, outstanding ADs, an engine near overhaul, and the same squawk written up again and again. The card lists where the Vision Jet gets written up; the AD timetable below lists what the FAA requires.

        Ask for the logbook entries that match each item. A repeated entry is a pattern, not a coincidence.

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