# Incident 20101009052619I: Costruzioni P2004 BRAVO, Lynchburg, VA, October 9, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 9, 2010, 15:22 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 3FWS
- Location: 37.4138° N, 79.1422° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lynchburg, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4138&lon=-79.1422&mi=10
- Aircraft: N319TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N319TA-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO (registry code 060001M, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2004-bravo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI P2004 BRAVO
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101009052619I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

AT APPROX 3,000 AGL, PILOT EXPERIENCED SEVERE VIBRATION AND POWER LOSS, AND WAS STILL ABLE TO GET SOME POWER FROM THE ENGINE AT ABOUT 4,000 RPM.  MAINTAINED BEST GLIDE SPEED AND RETURNED TO W24 AND PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  ENGINE ABLE TO MAINTAIN 4,000 RPM UNTIL SHUT-DOWN AT THE RAMP.  A POST FLIGHT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A FAILED #3 ROD HAD PUNCHED A HOLE THROUGH THE SIDE OF THE ENGINE CASE.

## Other reports on N319TA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170818013469A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170818013469A), Aug 18, 2017: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO (N319TA), Quinton, VA, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Aircraft performing touch an go training experienced engine failure on climb-out approximately 600 ft. AGL. Instructor attempted restart twice before making…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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