- Date
- June 9, 2026, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL · Airport property
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N410UVCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO, ANSV
- FAA report
- 20260609010019A
- Case key
- 203170
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 student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.
Findings · 3
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 purpose of the flight was practice touch-and-go landings at a local airport. The flight instructor reported that during the first landing attempt, the airplane was high on approach, and the student initiated a go-around at the instructor’s direction. During the second landing attempt, the airplane again was high on final approach, and the student flared a “little high” and landed hard on the runway. The instructor applied full engine power and right rudder to initiate a go-around but was unable to maintain directional control and the airplane exited the left side of the runway and came to rest in a grassy area adjacent to the runway. During the runway excursion, the airplane’s left main and nose gear separated,and the left wing impacted the ground, resulting in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N410UV
- Reported as
- Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P-MENTOR
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1084/US
- Built
- 2024
- Airframe hours
- 468.3
- Engine
- Rotax 912 ISC 3Sport, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- HDW Florida Helicopters Inc., doing business as XFlight
- Registered owner
- Urva Aviation USA Corp
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 13, 2026 · 42 hours before
- Departed
- FXE · Fort Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- PMP · Pompano Beach Airpark, runway 06, 4,001 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- December 22, 2025
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 510 total · 38 in this make and model · 443 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 19
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- June 20, 2025
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 102 total · 19 in this make and model · 3 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.13 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP
- METAR
- METAR KPMP 091553Z 09006KT 10SM CLR 30/23 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP202 T03000233
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 27, 2026, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 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.