# Accident 20131022022629A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Watsonville, CA, October 22, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2013, 11:10 local time
- Place: Watsonville, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9358° N, 121.7894° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9358&lon=-121.7894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137LM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N137LM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (registry code 0600045, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-eaglet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P92 EAGLET
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 30 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131022022629A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N137LM ENTERED A LEFT DOWNWIND TRAFFIC PATTERN AT WATSONVILLE AT APPROXIMATELY 1406 LOCAL.  THE WIND AT THE TIME AS RECORDED BY THE NATIONAL WETHER SERVICE WAS SSW AT 8KTS.   THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND RUNWAY WAS DRY.  THE PILOT REPORTED THAT AT THE TIME OF TURNING FROM DOWNWIND TO BASE LEG, THE RIGHT RUDDER HAD STOPPED RESPONDING AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DRIFT TO THE LEFT.  THE PILOT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AND TO THE LEFT AND INCICATED THAT SHE CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT, DEPARTING THE RUNWAY AND STRIKING THE DELTA TAXIWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT GEAR.  AFTER STRIKING THE SIGN THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON A HIGH SPEED ROLL (AS STATED IN THE PILOTS WRITTEN ACCOUNT).  THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE GRASS, DELTA TAXIWAY, ACROSS THE GRASS AGAIN AND THEN ACROSS ALPHA TAXIWAY.   AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWNHILL COLLAPSING AND SHEARING OFF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR.   THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET.  THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND, BREAKING THE PROP AND BENDING THE ENGINE MOUNTS DOWNWARD.  THE FIREWALL AND STRUCTURE BEHIND WAS DAMAGED, THE PILOTS RUDDER PEDAL SHAFT WAS DISPLACED AND BELLCRANK SNAPPED .   THE LEFT LANDING GEAR AND MOUNT ARE DAMAGED AND LEFT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE LEFT GEAR.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR14CA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14CA033), Oct 22, 2013: Tecnam P92 (N137LM), Watsonville, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing.

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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