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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 TAIL DRAGGER · Elizabethtown, KY · September 5, 2012

Date
September 5, 2012 · 16:25 local
Place
Elizabethtown, KY
Airport
Addington Field
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N237TA
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA12CA547
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 Tail Dragger
Reported engine
Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
9,800 total20 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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 accident after take-off apparently due to excessive cross winds from thunderstorms approaching Addington Field (ekx) from the west. According to ekx a.w.a.s. winds at take-off were sustained 23KTS from 320 degrees with peak winds at 27KTS from 320 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT AFTER TAKE-OFF APPARENTLY DUE TO EXCESSIVE CROSS WINDS FROM THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ADDINGTON FIELD (EKX) FROM THE WEST. ACCORDING TO EKX A.W.A.S. WINDS AT TAKE-OFF WERE SUSTAINED 23KTS FROM 320 DEGREES WITH PEAK WINDS AT 27KTS FROM 320 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

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