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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA · Watsonville, CA · June 30, 2012

Date
June 30, 2012 · 13:00 local
Place
Watsonville, CA
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N308TA
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR12LA281
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 Sierra
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Aircraft crash shortly after departure in a field one mile south of the airport. Acft was experiencing engine vibration and lost power.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT CRASH SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE IN A FIELD ONE MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT. ACFT WAS EXPERIENCING ENGINE VIBRATION AND LOST POWER.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.