# NTSB ERA25LA271: Rohrer Douglas D Vans RV-14A, N288EE, Bowling Green, KY, July 18, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 18, 2025, 07:00 local (12:00 UTC) - Place: Bowling Green, KY - Coordinates: 36.958285, -86.413405 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9583&lon=-86.4134&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200567 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA271 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200567/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200567 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA271 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to attain an appropriate touchdown point during landing, which resulted in a runway overrun and collision with a fence. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: decision making/judgment](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=05642QX), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: descent/approach/glide path](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=05642QX), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Landing area overshoot](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380) (defining event); cases with it: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=05642QX), [All aircraft, 400 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=05642QX), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=05642QX), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported the purpose of the flight was to perform a quick check of all the airplane’s systems prior to conducting a long cross-country flight the following week. While returning to the pilot’s home airport, the pilot reported that he was too high and fast during his final approach. The pilot elected to continue with the landing and touched down on the runway approximately mid-field. The pilot reported that he was “travelling too fast to stop before the end of the runway,” despite the use of heavy braking. The airplane exited the end of the runway and impacted a fence that surrounded the airport perimeter, substantially damaging both of the airplane’s wings. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation of the airplane. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N288EE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N288EE), registered now, S/N 140972, built 2024 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: ROHRER DOUGLAS D VANS RV-14A - Registry model: [Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A](https://openairdocs.org/model/rohrer-douglas-d-vans-rv-14a) (registry code 05642QX) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming YIO-390-A3B6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-yio-390-a3b6) (registry code 42420, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 140972 - Year built: 2024 - Airframe hours: 46.3 - Engines: LYCOMING YIO-390-A3B6 EXP 210 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Last inspection: Condition, October 28, 2024, 46.3 hours before - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: BWG, Bowling Green-Warren County Rgnl, runway 12, 3,956 × 150 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Satellite tracking device, Onboard weather, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Data recorder, Auto-pilot ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 74; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: basicmed; last flight review May 18, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 5-point; flight hours: 831.5 total, 46.3 in this make and model, 688.5 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 2.6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 30.08 inHg - Observed at: BWG, 1 nm away - METAR: KBWG 181153Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 25/23 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP179 T02500228 10250 20239 53006 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20250718009609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250718009609A), Jul 18, 2025: Rohrer Douglas D VANS RV-14A, Bowling Green, KY, Substantial damage. Pilot was too fast on landing approach and landed long. Aircraft was unable to stop on runway surface, departed the runway and impacted the airfield perimeter… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200567. 16.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 and pilot statements (item 1, PDF, 12 pages, 7.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19274660&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=01%20N288EE%20NTSB%20Report_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigative photographs (item 2, PDF, 5 pages, 8.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19274584&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=02%20-%20Investigative%20Photographs_Redacted-Rel.pdf 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. 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