ERA26LA334

NTSB accident investigation · North American Harvard III · Sanatoga, PA · September 9, 2026

Accident · Minor injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
September 9, 2026, 17:17 local (21:17 UTC)
Place
Sanatoga, PA
Injuries
1 minor
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N407EZNorth American Harvard III
Defining event
Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
Weather
Visual (VMC) · Day
Status
Investigation ongoing
Investigation class
Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
NTSB office
Eastern Region Aviation
Parties
FAA/FSDO
FAA report
20260909012849A
Case key
203775

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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
N407EZ
Reported as
North American Harvard III
Category
Airplane
Serial number
42-84931
Built
1944
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
Hoge Aviation LLC
Registered owner
Hoge Aviation LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Destination
Same as departure
Airport
PTW · Heritage Fld, runway 10/28, 3,371 × 75 ft, asphalt

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

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Visibility
10 statute miles
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
84 °F, dew point 64 °F
Altimeter
30.08 inHg
Observed at
PTW
METAR
METAR KPTW 092054Z AUTO VRB04G16KT 10SM CLR 29/18 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02940183 56024 PWINO

FAA reports on this event · 1

The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.