# NTSB WPR26LA167: Czech Sport Piper Sport, N610PS, Crownpoint, NM, April 24, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: April 24, 2026, 15:45 local (21:45 UTC) - Place: Crownpoint, NM - Coordinates: 35.684199, -108.15498 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6842&lon=-108.1550&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report July 30, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 202900 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA167 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202900/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA167 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to correctly identify the runway, which resulted in a landing on a residential driveway and collision with a gate. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Impairment/incapacitation: illness/injury](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010): Personnel issues › Physical · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Czech Sport PIPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010/cases.md?model=0600073), [All aircraft, 34 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02012010/cases.md) - [Info processing/decision: identification/recognition](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Czech Sport PIPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md?model=0600073), [All aircraft, 559 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041510/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Off-field or emergency landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440); cases with it: [Czech Sport PIPER SPORT, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md?model=0600073), [All aircraft, 3,365 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/440/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision during takeoff/land](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490) (defining event); cases with it: [Czech Sport PIPER SPORT, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md?model=0600073), [All aircraft, 1,309 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/490/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that while enroute he became ill and notified air traffic control (ATC) who then vectored him to the closest airport. The pilot identified what he thought was the airport, but then completed a descent and landing on a residential driveway. During landing the airplane impacted a gate extension, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing. The pilot reported no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N610PS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610PS), registered now, S/N P1001013, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CZECH SPORT AIRCRAFT AS PIPER SPORT - Registry model: [Czech Sport PIPER SPORT](https://openairdocs.org/model/czech-sport-piper-sport) (registry code 0600073) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: P1001013 - Year built: 2010 - Airframe hours: 3350 - Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, October 22, 2025 - Departed: AEG, Albuquerque, NM - Destination: 1L8, Hurricane, UT - Airport: 0E8 - Equipment: Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Auto-pilot, Airframe parachute, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 65; injuries: none; private, flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; last flight review February 26, 2026; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 936 total, 656 in this make and model, 936 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 15 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 230° at 23 knots, gusting 34 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 68 °F, dew point 7 °F - Altimeter: 29.89 inHg - Observed at: KGUP, 33 nm away - METAR: METAR KGUP 242153Z AUTO 23023G34KT 10SM CLR 20/M14 A2989 RMK AO2 PK WND 23034/2152 SLP047 T02001139= ## 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 20260424005029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260424005029A), Apr 24, 2026: Czech Sport Aircraft As PIPER SPORT, Crownpoint, NM, Substantial damage. On 04/24/2026 at 1450 a Piper Sport, light sport aircraft was involved in a descent and landing accident, during landing. The purpose of flight was to fly to… From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.