# NTSB investigations, CT: Runway excursion

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB ERA26LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA229.md): Hawker Beechcraft G36 · Danbury, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jun 4, 2026 · N726EA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to abort the takeoff with insufficient runway remaining, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA26LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA015.md): Socata TB 10 · New Milford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 10, 2025 · N28170 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s decision to depart from an unlit turf runway at night, which resulted in a loss of directional control, and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA25LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA279.md): Beech A23-24 · Windham, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 25, 2025 · N469JS · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a rejected takeoff and subsequent runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA22LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA253.md): Piper PA28 · Simsbury, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · May 31, 2022 · N2973K · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s delayed decision to abort the landing, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA20CA294](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA294.md): Socata TB200 · Simsbury, CT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Aug 22, 2020 · N156BB · Substantial damage
  > A runway excursion following an aborted takeoff in tailwind conditions.
- [NTSB ERA16CA308](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16CA308.md): Beech C23 · Simsbury, CT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 29, 2016 · N9352S · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s failure to attain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA16LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA122.md): Cessna 152 · Chester, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 1, 2016 · N94569 · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing, which resulted in a runway excursion.
- [NTSB ERA15LA356](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA356.md): Piper PA-24 · Stratford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 7, 2015 · N7708P · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing in a crosswind.
- [NTSB ERA15LA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA322.md): Eclipse EA500 · Danbury, CT · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 21, 2015 · N120EA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point and exceedance of the target touchdown speed, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA12CA436](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12CA436.md): Piper PA-28-236 · Chester, CT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 10, 2012 · N777AF · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s failure to execute a go-around following an approach that was high and fast, which resulted in a runway overrun.
- [NTSB ERA09LA339](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA339.md): Pilatus PC-12/47 · Bridgeport, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 12, 2009 · N877AF · Substantial damage
  > The flight crew's misjudgment of speed and distance, which resulted in an overrun of the wet runway.
- [NTSB ERA09CA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA034.md): Grumman American Avn. AA-5B · Bridgeport, CT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Nov 1, 2008 · N4540L · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's loss of directional control during landing and while suffering symptoms of vertigo.
- [NTSB CHI08LA185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI08LA185.md): Traxler John N Kitfox · Hartford, CT · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 8, 2008 · N767JD · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's failure to compensate for crosswinds resulting in a loss of directional control while landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience and training in tailwheeled airplanes.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'CT' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT e.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' e WHERE e."isDefiningEvent" AND e."tier2Number" = '300')
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/cases?state=CT

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