# NTSB WPR26LA113: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau Remos GX, N88GX, Glendale, AZ, February 26, 2026 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: February 26, 2026, 10:50 local (17:50 UTC) - Place: Glendale, AZ · Glendale Regional Airport - Coordinates: 33.526917, -112.29513 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2951&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report May 14, 2026 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Western Pacific Region - Parties: FAA Scottsdale FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 202582 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR26LA113 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202582/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202582 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR26LA113 ## Probable cause The solo student pilot's improper landing flare and subsequent improper recovery from a bounced landing. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing: Miscellaneous/other](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 1,556 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/900/sequence.md) - [Landing: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=060006H), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md) ## Analysis The solo student pilot was conducting touch-and-go landings in the traffic pattern. During landing, the airplane touched down on the runway and bounced. The student pilot applied forward elevator control inputs to counteract the bounce; however, the airplane bounced two more times, which the pilot counteracted again by applying forward elevator control inputs. during which the pilot again applied forward control inputs. Subsequently, the airplane touched down in a nose low attitude, which resulted in the nose landing gear bending aft and a propeller strike. The fuselage and firewall sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported there were no pre-accident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N88GX](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N88GX), registered now, S/N 311, built 2009 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: REMOS ACFT GMBH FLUGZEUGBAU REMOS GX - Registry model: [Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX](https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-acft-gmbh-flugzeugbau-remos-gx) (registry code 060006H) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 311 - Year built: 2009 - Airframe hours: 6419 - Engines: Rotax 912-UL5 100 hp reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Fly Eagle Sport, doing business as Fly Eagle Sport - Registered owner: N88gx LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, February 5, 2026, 75 hours before - Departed: GEU, Glendale, AZ - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: KGEU, Glendale Regional, runway 01, 7,150 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 28; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, without waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 73.6 total, 64.8 in this make and model, 10.4 as pilot in command, 73.6 in the last 90 days, 45.5 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: calm - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 43 °F - Altimeter: 30.01 inHg - Observed at: KGEU - METAR: METAR KGEU 261651Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 22/06 A3001 ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20260226000779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260226000779A), Feb 26, 2026: Remos Acft Gmbh Flugzeugbau REMOS GX, Glendale, AZ, Substantial damage. On February 26, 2026, the student pilot was on his sixth or seventh solo flight and performing his fourth or fifth landing. During the approach to land, the… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 14, 2026, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=202582. 10.7 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 - pilot (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20187202&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR26LA113%20-%206120.1%20-%20Pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 - owner (item 2, PDF, 10 pages, 8.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20177049&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR26LA113%20-%206120.1%20-%20Owner_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Memorandum for record a�� telephone interview, pilot (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 97 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20214871&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR26LA113%20-%20Record%20of%20conversation%20-%20Pilot_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 4, PDF, 6 pages, 5 photos, 1.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=20214608&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=WPR26LA113%20-%20Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf From the NTSB's public API. 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