# NTSB ERA26LA339: Cessna 680, N96HE, Statesville, NC, August 6, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation 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.
- Coordinates: 35.764567, -80.951781
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7646&lon=-80.9518&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203834
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA339
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203834/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA339

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 680, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=2076811), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Cessna 680, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2076811), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Cessna 680, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2076811), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N96HE](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96HE), registered now, S/N 680-0315, built 2011 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 680 (UNDESIGNATED SERIES)
- Registry model: [Cessna 680](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-680) (registry code 2076811) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney Canada PW306C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-canada-pw306c) (registry code 52169, turbo-fan) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 680-0315
- Year 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

## 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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