# Accident 20171231023939A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Lynchburg, VA, December 31, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2017, 17:25 local time
- Place: Lynchburg, VA
- Airport: Falwell
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3779° N, 79.1222° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALWELL (W24), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3779&lon=-79.1222&mi=10
- Aircraft: N594MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N594MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T (registry code 0330001, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2006t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S series (registry code 55570, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2006T
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171231023939A

## Narrative

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

A PART 61 TRAINING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED FROM TRENTON MERCER AIRPORT (KTTN) TO FALWELL AIRPORT (W24) THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT UPON LANDING TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY28, HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENLTY PULLED TO THE LEFT WHERE IT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 350 FEET FROM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT IN THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY.  ADDITIONALLY, PIC NOTED WITNESSING THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR TIRE ROLL PAST THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE GRASS ON THE EDGE OF THE AIRFIELD.   ON SCENE INSPECTION REVEALED L/H MAIN LANDING GEAR AXLE SHEARED/FAILED AT WELD WHERE IT ATTACHES TO LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND WRINKLING OF THE FUSALAGE SKINS  ABOVE L/H MAIN LANDING GEAR OCCURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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