# Accident 20260219002769A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Homestead, FL, February 19, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 19, 2026, 09:30 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YDFS
- Location: 25.4992° N, 80.5542° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4992&lon=-80.5542&mi=10
- Aircraft: N964GV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N964GV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T (registry code 0330001, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2006t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S3 (registry code 55594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2006T
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,299 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA118) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260219002769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON FEBRUARY 19, 2026, COSTUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECHNA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB) AT 0856 AND PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING AT TMB. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED MIAMI EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (TMB) AT APPROXIMATELY 0856 THEN COMPLETED THREE SIMULATED ENGINE-OUT SCENARIOS AND A VMC DEMONSTRATION MANEUVER SUCCESSFULLY. AFTER THOSE SUCCESSFUL MANEUVERS THE AIR CREW PREPARED TO CONDUCT A SINGLE-ENGINE ILS RUNWAY 9R APPROACH INTO TMB. THE AIR CREW THEN DESCENDED TO 2,000 FEET AND BEGAN CONFIGURING FOR THE APPROACH. APPROXIMATELY 6 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF X51 THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A STRONG ABRUPT TENDENCY TO BANK HARD LEFT. INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH TMB. PILOT ASSESSED THAT LANDING AT X51 WAS NOT POSSIBLE DUE TO LIMITED CONTROLABILITY. PILOT THEN LOOKED AT THE LEFT WING AND OBSERVED A PIECE OF METAL HANGING BENEATH THE WING. CONDUCTED AN APPROACH AND LANDING AT TMB USING THE RUDDER AND DIFFERENTIAL THRUST. UPON INVESTIGATION FOUND THE LEFT AILERON HANGING. THE OUTBOARD HINGE WAS SEPERATED. THE INBOARD HINGE WAS FOUND BROKEN. THE AILERON WAS FOUND TO STILL BE ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT BY CONTROL ROD. DAMAGE WAS ALSO VISIBLE ON THE WING AROUND THE AREA WHERE THE AILERON WAS CONECTED TO THE CONTROL ARM.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB ERA26LA118](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA118), Feb 19, 2026: Tecnam P2006T (N964GV), Homestead, FL, substantial damage, investigation ongoing

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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