- Date
- April 17, 2026, 14:07 local (19:07 UTC)
- Place
- Ardmore, OK · grass overrun
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9262YPiper PA 31P 350
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20260417003199A
- Case key
- 202850
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control of the airplane while landing on a wet runway with a tailwind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot proceeded to his intended destination under visual flight rules while receiving flight following services from air traffic control. As he neared the destination airport, the pilot observed an opening in the underlying cloud layer. As he descended the airplane below the cloud layer, the pilot realized that he was over a different airport located about 29 miles north of his intended destination. The flight was experiencing turbulence, so the pilot decided it would be prudent to land. His initial approach was high so he executed a go-around. On the second landing approach to runway 35, the airplane touched down normally but as it rolled past mid-field, it did not slow down. The airplane subsequently exited the end of the runway pavement and encountered a steep drop off and a wire fence. The airplane sustained damage to the forward fuselage, right engine mount and nacelle, and left outboard wing. The pilot stated that there were no failures or malfunctions associated with the airplane before the accident. He reported the runway was wet due to some light rain and drizzle at the time. The airport surface observation, taken about 8 minutes before the accident, reported a south wind from 160° gusting to 20 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9262Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA 31P 350
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31P-8414033
- Built
- 1984
- Engines
- Lycoming TIO-540-V2AD, 350 horsepower, reciprocatingLycoming TIO-540-V2AD, 350 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Twin Star Montana LLC, doing business as N/A
- Registered owner
- Twin Star Montana LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 9, 2025
- Departed
- HOT · Hot Springs, AR
- Destination
- GLE · Gainesville, TX
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 1F0 · Ardmore Downtown, runway 35, 5,014 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, Auto-pilot
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- BasicMed, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 15, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 828 total · 17 in this make and model · 828 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Turbulence
- Moderate
- Observed at
- K1F0
- METAR
- METAR K1F0 171915Z AUTO 16011G20KT 10SM OVC030 24/19 A2982
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on July 9, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 9.3 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.