What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On September 9, 2026, privacy data omitted, a Piper PA-32, departed from martha’s vineyard airport (kmvy) and traveled to richmond airport (08R) in West Kingston, rhode island. The aircraft landed on runway 11 and exited the runway environment and went through the perimeter fence. The aircraft came to rest on heaton orchard road.
All the aircraft components were intact but with the following noted damage:
• The propeller blades were bent approximately 90 degrees back, consistent with impacting the road surface. The propeller spinner was dented in multiple spots, consistent with impacting the fence.
• The nose gear was folded under the plane, and the nosewheel pant fairing was destroyed. The fuselage belly also sustained a hole where the nosewheel bent back and into the skin of the aircraft.
• Large dent in right wing panel just outside of fuel tank.
• The right side of the strut fairing was dented.
• The left wing sustained a large dent, likely from impact of fence.
• The left-wing skin, at lift detector, was dented to the outboard.
• The lower cowling was cracked/ broken on the bottom consistent with impact of the ground or fence.
• The engine mount was bent / broken in multiple spots.
• The right rudder control arm was broken off at the nose strut attach point.
• The firewall was dented on right side down on to heater box.
• The heater box was crushed likely from the nose strut folding under the aircraft.
• The fuselage belly was wrinkled/dented in multiple spots.
• The structure near battery box was bent.
• The flaps were checked on all detents and found to be operating correctly. The ailerons were also found to operate correctly.
• The elevator and trim movement were tested and found to be working appropriately.
• The rudder was unable to be tested because the nose gear was under the aircraft.
• The brakes were tested and found to operate correctly.
As the FAA filed it
ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2026, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A PIPER PA-32, DEPARTED FROM MARTHA’S VINEYARD AIRPORT (KMVY) AND TRAVELED TO RICHMOND AIRPORT (08R) IN WEST KINGSTON, RHODE ISLAND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 11 AND EXITED THE RUNWAY ENVIRONMENT AND WENT THROUGH THE PERIMETER FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON HEATON ORCHARD ROAD.
ALL THE AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS WERE INTACT BUT WITH THE FOLLOWING NOTED DAMAGE:
• THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES BACK, CONSISTENT WITH IMPACTING THE ROAD SURFACE. THE PROPELLER SPINNER WAS DENTED IN MULTIPLE SPOTS, CONSISTENT WITH IMPACTING THE FENCE.
• THE NOSE GEAR WAS FOLDED UNDER THE PLANE, AND THE NOSEWHEEL PANT FAIRING WAS DESTROYED. THE FUSELAGE BELLY ALSO SUSTAINED A HOLE WHERE THE NOSEWHEEL BENT BACK AND INTO THE SKIN OF THE AIRCRAFT.
• LARGE DENT IN RIGHT WING PANEL JUST OUTSIDE OF FUEL TANK.
• THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRUT FAIRING WAS DENTED.
• THE LEFT WING SUSTAINED A LARGE DENT, LIKELY FROM IMPACT OF FENCE.
• THE LEFT-WING SKIN, AT LIFT DETECTOR, WAS DENTED TO THE OUTBOARD.
• THE LOWER COWLING WAS CRACKED/ BROKEN ON THE BOTTOM CONSISTENT WITH IMPACT OF THE GROUND OR FENCE.
• THE ENGINE MOUNT WAS BENT / BROKEN IN MULTIPLE SPOTS.
• THE RIGHT RUDDER CONTROL ARM WAS BROKEN OFF AT THE NOSE STRUT ATTACH POINT.
• THE FIREWALL WAS DENTED ON RIGHT SIDE DOWN ON TO HEATER BOX.
• THE HEATER BOX WAS CRUSHED LIKELY FROM THE NOSE STRUT FOLDING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.
• THE FUSELAGE BELLY WAS WRINKLED/DENTED IN MULTIPLE SPOTS.
• THE STRUCTURE NEAR BATTERY BOX WAS BENT.
• THE FLAPS WERE CHECKED ON ALL DETENTS AND FOUND TO BE OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE AILERONS WERE ALSO FOUND TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.
• THE ELEVATOR AND TRIM MOVEMENT WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO BE WORKING APPROPRIATELY.
• THE RUDDER WAS UNABLE TO BE TESTED BECAUSE THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.
• THE BRAKES WERE TESTED AND FOUND TO OPERATE CORRECTLY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.