# NTSB ERA25LA328: Cirrus Design SR20, N88SP, Montauk, NY, August 27, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: August 26, 2025, 20:06 local (Aug 27, 2025, 00:06 UTC) - Place: Montauk, NY - Coordinates: 41.080028, -71.915749 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0800&lon=-71.9157&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: 4 uninjured - Status: Completed, report December 4, 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): 200912 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA328 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200912/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200912 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA328 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to verify the wind direction and maintain an appropriate approach speed, which resulted in a long landing and subsequent runway excursion. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Info processing/decision: expectation/assumption](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041525): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041525/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 51 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041525/cases.md) - [Wind: tailwind](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Awareness of condition (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 594 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03034015/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: [Cirrus Design SR20, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR20, 47 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/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: [Cirrus Design SR20, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2130000), [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: [Cirrus Design SR20, 22 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130000), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis Shortly after sunset, the pilot overflew the destination airport to ensure that there was no wildlife on the runway and to check the direction of the windsock. The windsock was dimly lit, and because there was an airplane lined up on one of airport’s runways, he assumed that the wind was favoring that runway. He approached the runway but performed a go-around because he was not lined up with the runway. On the second attempt, he noted that the airplane’s speed was high and as he touched down on the runway, the airplane bounced. On the second bounce, he applied the brakes, and the airplane began to skid before overrunning the runway and impacting vegetation, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s wings. The pilot reported that after the accident, the operator who had rented the airplane to him reviewed the flight data recorded by the airplane’s avionics, which showed that he had landed with a 6-knot tailwind. The pilot also reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane prior to the accident. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N88SP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88SP), registered now, S/N 8861 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR20 - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR20](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr20) (registry code 2130000) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 8861 - Airframe hours: 789.1 - Engines: Lycoming Engines IO-390-C3B6 215 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Nassau Flyers - Registered owner: Sp Aviation LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, August 25, 2025 - Departed: FRG, Farmingdale, NY - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: MTP, Montauk, runway 06, 3,246 × 75 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Airframe parachute, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot, Data recorder, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 49; injuries: none; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review June 1, 2024; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 261 total, 261 in this make and model, 141 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 30 days - Student pilot; injuries: none; seat: right; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night - Wind: 230° at 6 knots - Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 59 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: MTP, 1 nm away - METAR: METAR KMTP 262354Z AUTO 23006KT 22/15 A3000 RMK AO1 SLP159 T02220150 10272 20217 53003 $= ## 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 20250826015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250826015749A), Aug 26, 2025: Cirrus Design Corp SR20, Montauk, NY, Substantial damage. As per pilot he aborted first approach to mtp because he was off center, too high and too fast. Pilot executed a go-around and made a second attempt. On his… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on December 4, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200912. 3.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19259001&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA25LA328%20Pilot%206120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Witness statements (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 66 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19258919&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA25LA328%20FAA%20Email%20MFR-Rel.pdf - Investigative photos (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 1.8 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19259043&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=ERA25LA328%20Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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