Piper PA-32-300 N4056W accident near West Kingston, Rhode Island

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to bring the airplane to a stop on the available runway, which resulted in a runway excursion.

NTSB 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.

Text from the NTSB. Open the NTSB docket for ERA26LA336 for the full record.