- Date
- September 4, 2026, 08:10 local (12:10 UTC)
- Place
- Leesburg, FL · Grass right side of RNWY 13
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N686MFDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260904011129A
- Case key
- 203757
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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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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N686MF
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40.NC371
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- MYFlight
- Registered owner
- Diamond Aircraft Sales U S A Inc
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- LEE · Leesburg Intl
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.
Weather
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- LEE
- METAR
- METAR KLEE 041153Z 15003KT 10SM CLR 27/24 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP155 70001 T02670244 10267 20256 53010
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.