- Date
- September 9, 2026, 11:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Kingston, RI · OVERRAN THE END OF RUNWAY 11 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS AND WENT THROUGH A FENCE. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE ROAD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4056WPiper PA-32-300
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 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
- 20260909012959A
- Case key
- 203785
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 bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.
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
While enroute, the pilot elected to divert the flight to an airport that was equipped with a single 2,129 ft-long runway. The pilot described a normal approach over trees at the approach end of the runway and that the airplane touched down about ¼ of the way down the runway. About mid-field, he stated that he did not feel that the airplane was slowing normally. He elected not to abort the landing and applied maximum braking. The airplane departed the right side of the runway before passing the runway end and rolling down an embankment and through a wooden fence. The engine mount 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, nor were any discrepancies of the airplane’s flaps or brakes discovered during a postaccident examination.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4056W
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32-300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 32-40081
- Built
- 1966
- Airframe hours
- 3,550
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-540 SER, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Highwing Flyers Inc
- Registered owner
- Highwing Flyers Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 2026
- Departed
- MVY · West Tisbury, RI
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 08R · Richmond, runway 11, 2,129 × 30 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- ADS-B
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
- 68
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 20, 2026
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,850 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 1,850 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.19 inHg
- Observed at
- OQU, 11 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KOQU 091550Z 18011KT 10SM FEW070 24/20 A3019
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on October 15, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 12.3 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.