# NTSB ERA26LA088: Cirrus Design SR22, N29UA, Philippi, WV, January 8, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: January 8, 2026, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC) - Place: Philippi, WV · Down embankment off end of RWY 26 - Coordinates: 39.164839, -80.068594 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1648&lon=-80.0686&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: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report May 14, 2026 - 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): 202274 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA088 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202274/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202274 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA088 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to obtain the proper touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun. ## 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: [Cirrus Design SR22, 38 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041520/cases.md?model=2130001), [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: [Cirrus Design SR22, 14 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 809 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: surface speed/braking](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded; cases with it: [Cirrus Design SR22, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/cases.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 238 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062045/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 SR22, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/380/sequence.md?model=2130001), [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 SR22, 40 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2130001), [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: [Cirrus Design SR22, 113 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2130001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while approaching the 3,275-ft-long runway, he configured the airplane with full flaps. He thought that the airplane touched down approximately halfway down the runway, after which he applied braking; however, he was unable to stop the airplane on the paved surface. The airplane departed the runway, traveled through grass, down an embankment, and through an airport perimeter fence before coming to rest upright. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing. A postaccident examination of the accident site by an FAA inspector revealed that the airplane touched down about 557 ft before the departure end of the runway. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N29UA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29UA), registered now, S/N 1282, built 2005 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CIRRUS DESIGN CORP SR22 - Registry model: [Cirrus Design SR22](https://openairdocs.org/model/cirrus-design-sr22) (registry code 2130001) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental IO-550 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-series) (registry code 17042, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1282 - Year built: 2005 - Airframe hours: 2030 - Engines: CONTINENTIAL MOTORS IO-550-N 300 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: N29ny LLC - Registered owner: N29ny LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, February 1, 2025 - Departed: BLM, Farmingdale, NJ - Destination: LEX, Lexington, KY - Airport: 79D, Philippi/Barbour County Rgnl, runway 26, 3,275 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 61; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: basicmed, with waivers/limitations; last flight review April 25, 2025; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 2,100 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 1,930 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 6 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 46 °F, dew point 39 °F - Altimeter: 30.15 inHg - Observed at: CKB, 11 nm away - METAR: METAR KCKB 081653Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 08/04 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP212 T00780044 ## 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 20260108000199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260108000199A), Jan 8, 2026: Cirrus Design Corp SR22, Philippi, WV, Substantial damage. Pilot chose to land on a 3275 foot runway at 79D . Landed in the last 557 feet of the runway and skidded off the end of the runway and runoff area then over… ## Docket (3 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 14, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202274. 8.5 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 6.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19903521&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1%20filled%20out_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� FAA inspector statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 63 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19903692&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=MOR%20FAA%20-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 3, PDF, 4 pages, 2.4 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19903163&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array%20ERA26LA088-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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