# Accident 20250730009509A: Piper PA-28-181, Block Island, RI, July 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 2025, 12:10 local time
- Place: Block Island, RI
- Airport: Block Island State
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1688° N, 71.5709° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1688&lon=-71.5709&mi=10
- Aircraft: N961DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N961DA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-181 (registry code 7102807, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-181) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-28-181
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250730009509A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AT APPROXIMATELY 1228 LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2025 A SINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE TREES APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET BEYOND THE LANDING RUNWAY'S END.  THE PILOT IN COMMAND WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 10.  THE WINDS FAVORED RUNWAY 28.  THE PILOT MADE THREE APPROACHES TO RUNWAY 10.  ON THE FIRST TWO APPROACHES THE AIRPLANE WAS HIGH AND FAST.  THE PILOT WENT AROUND BOTH TIMES.  ON THE THIRD APPROACH THE PILOT CONTINUED AND TOUCHED DOWN OVER HALF WAY DOWN THE SHORT RUNWAY.  UNABLE TO COME TO A STOP THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY, DOWN A SLOPE AND STRUCK A TREE, COMING TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA25FA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA280), Jul 30, 2025: Piper PA-28-181 (N961DA), Block Island, RI, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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