Return to field — N786TT

KIWA · 12C

2026-07-05 20:32 UTC· KIWA KIWA· HUGHES-NELSON PAINTING INC DBA, APEX IMAGING SERVICES· C56X

N786TT (Hughes-Nelson Painting Inc DBA) had departed KIWA on 2026-07-05. SkyMeter detected a return to field at Phoenix-Mesa-Gateway Airport (KIWA) on runway 12C at 20:32 UTC. Peak altitude 10,849 ft, turnaround area near Queen Creek, US. Approach stability score: 29/100. Scores below 50 occur on under 10% of approaches at this runway and indicate the v2 scorer flagged the approach as highly anomalous (three or more gates exceeded the runway's P90 envelope simultaneously). METAR at the time reported 0 kt wind, 16,093 m visibility. Detection algorithm and known limitations: see SkyMeter methodology.

Active FAA TFR during this flight

Source: FAA TFR archive (hourly snapshot)
  • SECURITY6/3966 2026-06-01 07:00Z – 2026-07-21 06:59Z SFC–400 ft

    Mesa, AZ, Monday, June 1, 2026 through Monday, July 20, 2026 Local

    View FAA NOTAM →
  • SECURITY6/7079 2026-06-27 01:07Z – 2026-07-21 06:59Z SFC–400 ft

    Mesa, AZ

    View FAA NOTAM →

SkyMeter cross-referenced this flight against FAA-published TFRs that were active during its window and within its geographic bounding box. Overlap doesn't necessarily mean violation — the aircraft may have been outside the TFR’s precise polygon or flying under air-traffic-control coordination.

Pilot review data

  • Runway 12C
  • 10849 ft AGL at event
  • 356 kt ground speed
  • 0 fpm vertical
  • Approach stability 29/100
  • 0 kt wind
  • 0 kt crosswind component
  • 16,093 m visibility
  • KIWA 170548Z 34012KT 10SM -RA OVC070 24/19 A3005

Flight context

  • N786TT
  • Hughes-Nelson Painting Inc DBA
  • C56X
  • KIWA → KIWA
  • 2026-07-05 20:32 UTC
  • KIWA runway 12C

All events on this flight

Return to field 20:32:11 UTC · KIWA runway 12C · 10,849 ft AGL · 356 kt GS
Unstable approach 20:46:17 UTC · KIWA runway 12C · 2,461 ft AGL · 143 kt GS

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SkyMeter · trace data observed via ADS-B· KIWA