- Date
- July 5, 2026, 14:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Newport, NH · Trees at the end of RWY 30
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5205KRyan Navion A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Landing area overshoot
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260705008609A
- Case key
- 203331
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 attain an appropriate touchdown point, which resulted in a runway overrun.
Findings · 2
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
As the pilot approached the 1,997 ft-long, turf runway at the destination airport, and was turning from the base leg of the traffic pattern to the final approach, he heard another pilot report over the airport’s common traffic advisory frequency that they were on final approach to an intersecting runway. He immediately reduced his descent while he communicated with the other pilot before resuming the landing attempt. The resulting final approach was steeper than normal and the pilot touched down with insufficient remaining runway, which resulted in the airplane overrunning the runway and impacting trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mount, left wing, and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5205K
- Reported as
- Ryan Navion A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- NAV-4-2105
- Built
- 1950
- Airframe hours
- 1,974
- Engine
- Continental Aerospace Technologies IO-470-H, 205 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 3, 2026 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- EEN · Keene, NH
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 2B3 · Parlin Fld, runway 30, 1,997 × 80 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment
- Unknown
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
- 75
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- BasicMed, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 5, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 985 total · 377 in this make and model · 828 as pilot in command · 8 in the last 90 days · 8 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.01 inHg
- Observed at
- VSF, 15 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KVSF 051754Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 29/12 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP159 T02890122 10289 20156 58008
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 10, 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.
Other investigations on N5205K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.