20160101000089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET · Chesapeake, VA · January 1, 2016

Date
January 1, 2016 · 15:00 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Airport
Hampton Roads Executive Airpor
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N112TE
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA16CA094
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 Eaglet
Reported engine
ROTAX 912ULS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total5 in this make and model1 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.

Pilot was practicing landings at pvg runway 28. Upon second approach aircraft experienced a hard landing causing aircraft to porpoise then bank left. The left wing tip struck the ground left of the runway and the aircraft came to rest facing 180° from the original direction of travel.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT PVG RUNWAY 28. UPON SECOND APPROACH AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A HARD LANDING CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE THEN BANK LEFT. THE LEFT WING TIP STRUCK THE GROUND LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST FACING 180° FROM THE ORIGINAL DIRECTION OF TRAVEL.

NTSB investigation

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