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FAA incident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 · Port Orange, FL · January 23, 2012

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Date
January 23, 2012 · 09:54 local
Place
Port Orange, FL
Airport
Spruce Creek
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N208TA
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,250 total50 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days
N208TARegistered now · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008S/N 002 · Built 2009Airframe modelCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008Engine modelRotax 912ULS series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The acft touched down hard in grass just short of rwy 23 during ldg, and the nose gear collapsed as the acft rolled onto the rwy. The acft then skidded and veered to the left before coming to rest near the left side of the rwy just before the displaced rwy threshold. Investigation revealed the following: the pvt plt flying the acft was receiving a demo flt from a commercial/cfi plt as a potential customer. This was his first flt and ldg in this acft model. The flt had departed the same arpt approx 20 minutes earlier. During the ldg approach, the commercial pilot/cfi reportedly instructed the pvt pilot to use 55-60 KTS for approach and ldg speeds. Flaps were also used. Just prior to touchdown, the acft suddenly dropped to the ground when the pvt pilot reduced the power to idle as he began to flare the acft for touchdown. The commercial pilot noted that the appch was normal, and that the pvt pilot appeared to let the acft get "a bit slow" (around 52 KTS or less) just prior to touchdown. According to mfr specs for this acft, the flaps down / pwr off stall speed is 41 KTS.

As the FAA filed it

THE ACFT TOUCHED DOWN HARD IN GRASS JUST SHORT OF RWY 23 DURING LDG, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE ACFT ROLLED ONTO THE RWY. THE ACFT THEN SKIDDED AND VEERED TO THE LEFT BEFORE COMING TO REST NEAR THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY JUST BEFORE THE DISPLACED RWY THRESHOLD. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: THE PVT PLT FLYING THE ACFT WAS RECEIVING A DEMO FLT FROM A COMMERCIAL/CFI PLT AS A POTENTIAL CUSTOMER. THIS WAS HIS FIRST FLT AND LDG IN THIS ACFT MODEL. THE FLT HAD DEPARTED THE SAME ARPT APPROX 20 MINUTES EARLIER. DURING THE LDG APPROACH, THE COMMERCIAL PILOT/CFI REPORTEDLY INSTRUCTED THE PVT PILOT TO USE 55-60 KTS FOR APPROACH AND LDG SPEEDS. FLAPS WERE ALSO USED. JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, THE ACFT SUDDENLY DROPPED TO THE GROUND WHEN THE PVT PILOT REDUCED THE POWER TO IDLE AS HE BEGAN TO FLARE THE ACFT FOR TOUCHDOWN.THE COMMERCIAL PILOT NOTED THAT THE APPCH WAS NORMAL, AND THAT THE PVT PILOT APPEARED TO LET THE ACFT GET "A BIT SLOW" (AROUND 52 KTS OR LESS) JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN.ACCORDING TO MFR SPECS FOR THIS ACFT, THE FLAPS DOWN / PWR OFF STALL SPEED IS 41 KTS.