ERA26LA339

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 680 · Statesville, NC · August 6, 2026

Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedInvestigation open
Date
August 6, 2026, 18:20 local (22:20 UTC)
Place
Statesville, NC · That location was where the right wing impacted a taxiway sign
Injuries
2 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N96HECessna 680
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
Case key
203834

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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
N96HE
Reported as
Cessna 680 (UNDESIGNATED SERIES)
Category
Airplane
Serial number
680-0315
Built
2011
Damage
Substantial damage
Flight
Personal · Part 91
Operator
MSS Solutions LLC
Registered owner
Bravo Aviation LLC
Airworthiness certificate
Standard, Normal
Departed
CHS · Charleston, SC
Destination
Same as departure
Flight plan
IFR
Airport
SVH · Statesville Regional Airport, runway 28, 7,003 × 100 ft, asphalt
Equipment
Data recorder, Auto-pilot, Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, 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.

Weather

Conditions
Visual (VMC) · Day
Wind
190° at 16 knots, gusting 26
Lowest ceiling
None
Temperature
84 °F, dew point 73 °F
Altimeter
30.21 inHg
Turbulence
Light
Observed at
SVH