- Date
- January 4, 2026, 19:30 local (Jan 5, 2026, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Tampa, FL · Taxiway and Grass West of Runway 01R @ TPA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N140KMCessna 414A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 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
- 20260104004479A
- Case key
- 202272
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 secure a bottle, which restricted movement of the right rudder pedal during landing.
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
The pilot reported that while on approach to the destination airport, he had difficulty with the airplane’s autopilot and pitch trim. He was able to resolve those issues and land the airplane; however, during the landing roll, the airplane began to drift to the left. The pilot attempted to correct with right rudder and brake inputs, but the airplane continued to the left. It exited the runway, passed through grass, and impacted an airport taxiway sign, which resulted in the collapse of the nose landing gear and substantial damage to the airplane’s fuselage. Once the airplane was stopped, the pilot noticed a bottle was wedged behind the right rudder pedal and was restricting its movement. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures of the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N140KM
- Reported as
- Cessna 414A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414A-0674
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 6,707
- Engines
- Teledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520-NB, 335 horsepower, reciprocatingTeledyne Continental Motors TSIO-520-NB, 335 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Knight Edge LLC
- Registered owner
- Knight Edge LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 17, 2025 · 110 hours before
- Departed
- MYNN · Nassau, OF
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TPA · Tampa Intl, runway 01R, 8,300 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 62
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- April 26, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,038.3 total · 974.4 in this make and model · 1,967 as pilot in command · 8.65 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.05 inHg
- Observed at
- TPA, 1 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KTPA 042353Z COR 04005KT 10SM CLR 18/16 A3005 RMK SLP175 T01830156 10244 20183 53005
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 14, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.4 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.