# NTSB ERA26LA352: Hart Frank RV-8A, N900PP, Sanford, NC, September 19, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 19, 2026, 16:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place: Sanford, NC
- Coordinates: 35.582439, -79.101338
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5824&lon=-79.1013&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- 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
- NTSB case key (mKey): 203895
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA352
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203895/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA352

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Hart Frank RV-8A, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=05624XW), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N900PP](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N900PP), registered now, S/N 82103, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HART FRANK RV-8A
- Registry model: [Hart Frank RV-8A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hart-frank-rv-8a) (registry code 05624XW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-360-A1B6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-a1b6) (registry code 41576, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 82103
- Year built: 2007
- Airframe hours: 1276
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Condition, July 1, 2026
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: TTA, Raleigh Exec Jetport At Sanford-Lee County, runway 03, 6,501 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 50° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 86 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 30.02 inHg
- Observed at: KTTA
- METAR: METAR KTTA 191955Z AUTO 05003KT 10SM SCT045 SCT050 30/19 A3002

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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