20151229022299I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 · Ocala, FL · December 29, 2015

Date
December 29, 2015 · 16:43 local
Place
Ocala, FL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N890TA
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
4,800 total50 in this make and model50 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.

Incident happen during a training session to privacy data omitted in his P2008T sport light aircraft, in which they were practicing takeoofs & landings. It is estimated that they had completed 6 to 8 takeoff & landing by now.

It was discovered that the student pilot started the flare too high and when very close to the ground student pull on the control yoke causing the aircraft to starting to fly again and reach approximately 20 feet. Based on the evidence it appears that the airplane stop flying at this time and strucked the ground very hard. It was noted that the nose gear was bent, right main gear was slightly bent and a propeller was missing from the hub.

As the FAA filed it

INCIDENT HAPPEN DURING A TRAINING SESSION TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN HIS P2008T SPORT LIGHT AIRCRAFT, IN WHICH THEY WERE PRACTICING TAKEOOFS & LANDINGS. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THEY HAD COMPLETED 6 TO 8 TAKEOFF & LANDING BY NOW.

IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED THE FLARE TOO HIGH AND WHEN VERY CLOSE TO THE GROUND STUDENT PULL ON THE CONTROL YOKE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STARTING TO FLY AGAIN AND REACH APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET. BASED ON THE EVIDENCE IT APPEARS THAT THE AIRPLANE STOP FLYING AT THIS TIME AND STRUCKED THE GROUND VERY HARD. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS BENT, RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SLIGHTLY BENT AND A PROPELLER WAS MISSING FROM THE HUB.