# NTSB ERA26LA356: Cessna 172G, N3966L, Shelby, NC, September 5, 2026

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Investigation open
- Date: September 5, 2026, 11:55 local (15:55 UTC)
- Place: Shelby, NC · EHO
- Coordinates: 35.255716, -81.600751 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2557&lon=-81.6008&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 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): 203902
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA356
- Latest NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/203902/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA356

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300) (defining event); cases with it: [Cessna 172G, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=2072420), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3966L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3966L), registered now, S/N 17254135, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172G
- Registry model: [Cessna 172G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172g) (registry code 2072420) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-300 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-300-series) (registry code 17022, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 17254135
- Year built: 1966
- Airframe hours: 3730
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, June 24, 2026
- Departed: GRD, Greenwood, SC
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: KEHO, Shelby-Cleveland County Regional Airport, runway 23, 5,001 × 100 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: ADS-B

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: EHO
- METAR: METAR KEHO 051555Z AUTO 25003KT 10SM CLR 32/23 A2996 RMK AO2 T03220228=

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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