# NTSB ERA25LA279: Beech A23-24, N469JS, Windham, CT, July 25, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 25, 2025, 19:40 local (23:40 UTC) - Place: Windham, CT - Coordinates: 41.738924, -72.183157 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7389&lon=-72.1832&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 18, 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): 200652 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA279 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200652/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200652 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA279 ## Probable cause The pilot’s inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in a rejected takeoff and subsequent runway excursion. ## 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: [Beech A23-24, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=1151226), [All aircraft, 3,098 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Takeoff: Wrong surface or wrong airport](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284); cases with it: [Beech A23-24, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284/sequence.md?model=1151226), [All aircraft, 56 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/284/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Beech A23-24, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=1151226), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Takeoff-rejected takeoff: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Beech A23-24, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=1151226), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot was attempting to depart from a 2,799-ft-long runway. During the takeoff roll, he rejected the takeoff after the airplane had used about 2,100 ft of the runway and had not reached rotation speed. During the rejected takeoff, he reduced power and applied brakes but was unable to stop. The airplane exited the runway and traversed across the grass. He initiated a left turn in an attempt to avoid an airport perimeter fence, but the airplane impacted the fence and came to rest about 260 ft from the departure end of the runway. The airplane’s fuselage was substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation and that he should not have attempted to depart from the shorter of the two available runways. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N469JS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N469JS), registered now, S/N MA-23, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH A23-24 - Registry model: [Beech A23-24](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-a23-24) (registry code 1151226) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: MA-23 - Year built: 1966 - Engines: Lycoming IO-360-A2B 200 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: IJD, Windham Airport, runway 18, 2,799 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Unknown ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; seat: left ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 260° at 4 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 75 °F - Altimeter: 29.90 inHg - Observed at: IJD - METAR: KIJD 252352Z AUTO 26004KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP123 60036 T02720239 10333 20250 51010 ## 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 20250725010149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250725010149A), Jul 25, 2025: Beech A23-24, Windham, CT, Substantial damage. On 25 July 2025, at 2347(z) the FAA received notice regarding an accident in Windham, Connecticut, involving a BE23 that had gone off the end of the runway on… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 18, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200652. 1.8 MB in all. - Pilot's statement to FAA (item 1, PDF, 1 page, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19588740&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Pilot%20Statement%20to%20FAA_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 469 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19589337&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record - pilot/operator report form request (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 97 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19588430&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20NTSB%206120%201%20Form_Redacted-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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