# Accident 20160609005879A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA, Moundsville, WV, June 9, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2016, 13:30 local time
- Place: Moundsville, WV
- Airport: Marshall County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8808° N, 80.7356° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8808&lon=-80.7356&mi=10
- Aircraft: N323TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N323TC-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA (registry code 0600006, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2002-sierra) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2002 SIERRA
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 2 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA16CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160609005879A

## Narrative

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

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, STATED THAT HE WAS FERRYING N323TC FROM SAGINAW H. W. BROWNE AIRPORT (HYX) TO HANOVER COUNTY MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (OFP) VIRGINIA, WITH A PLANNED FUEL STOP AT MARSHALL COUNTY AIRPORT (MPG) WEST VIRGINIA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE PURPOSE OF HIS FLIGHT WAS TO HAVE A REQUIRED ANNUAL CONDITION INSPECTION CONDUCTED ON THIS AIRCRAFT ONCE HE ARRIVED AT (OFP) AIRPORT, FOR THE OWNER OF THIS AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT ON A FERRY PERMIT ISSUED BY THE GRR-FSDO-09, FOR AN EXPIRED ANNUAL CONDITION INSPECTION AS OF FEBRUARY 26, 2016.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS RUNNING PERFECTLY AND THAT THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEMS WITH THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO THE CRASH LANDING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT WHILE HE ATTEMPTED THE FIRST APPROACH TO LANDING AT THE (MPG) AIRPORT RUNWAY 24, HE THOUGHT HE WAS TOO HIGH ON THE APPROACH, AND DECIDED TO GO-AROUND. ON THE SECOND APPROACH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE WAS IN A MUCH BETTER CONFIGURATION FOR THAT LANDING. HOWEVER, UPON TOUCHING DOWN  ON RUNWAY 24, A GUST OF WIND LIFTED HIS RIGHT WING, CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE ADDED FULL POWER ATTEMPTING A GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT CLIMB, AND SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED TO THE LEFT OF RUNWAY 24, APPROXIMATELY 220 FEET FROM THE INITIAL WINGTIP STRIKE. I ASKED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DURING THE ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND IF THE FLAPS WERE MOVED UP FROM THE FULL DOWN POSITION, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT THEY WERE LEFT IN THE FULL DOWN POSITION, BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE TIME TO RETRACT THEM PRIOR TO THE CRASH, EVERYTHING WAS HAPPENING TOO FAST.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HE LOST THE AIRCRAFT IN THE CROSS WIND, AND IT WAS HIS FAULT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FEET AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT. N323TC SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE IN THIS CRASH TO THE WINGS, FUSELAGE, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. ASSISTING ME ON THIS INVESTIGATION WAS INSPECTOR JAMES OLSEN AIRWORTHINESS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WILL BE GIVEN A 44709 AS A RESULT OF THIS CRASH. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION.

## 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 GAA16CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA300), Jun 9, 2016: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 Sierra (N323TC), Moundsville, WV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the go-around in gusty crosswind conditions, which resulted in a collision with trees.

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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