- Date
- January 7, 2026, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- New Port Richey, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N929XSDevesh Tiwary Lightning XS
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- 20260107004459A
- Case key
- 202279
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with terrain.
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 he was attempting to land the airplane on a 4,425-ft-long asphalt runway. During his first approach, the airplane was too high and he performed a go-around. During the second approach, the airplane floated for about 1,000 ft in ground effect before touchdown. The pilot applied gently braking initially, but then heavier braking as the airplane neared the end of the runway. During the heavy braking, the airplane veered left off the runway and onto grass. It traveled into a ditch before coming to rest upright. The forward portion of the fuselage, including the engine mounts, were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot added that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N929XS
- Reported as
- Devesh Tiwary Lightning XS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 205
- Built
- 2025
- Airframe hours
- 43
- Engine
- Continental IOX-340, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · June 25, 2025 · 43 hours before
- Departed
- DAB · Daytona Beach, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FA40 · Hidden Lake Airport, runway 23, 4,425 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Satellite tracking device, Electronic primary flight display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Electronic multifunction display
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
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 9, 2024
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 737 total · 35 in this make and model · 628 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KTPA, 20 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KTPA 072053Z COR 21005KT 10SM FEW050 24/19 A3004 RMK SLP172 T02390194 56011
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 14, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 4.2 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.