# Incident 20200402002899I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Atwater, CA, April 2, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2020, 22:05 local time
- Place: Atwater, CA
- Airport: Castle Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NN3S
- Location: 37.3805° N, 120.5682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTLE (MER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3805&lon=-120.5682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N223TU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N223TU-2025-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T (registry code 0330001, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2006t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S3 (registry code 55594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2006T
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912S3
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 971 total, 283 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200402002899I

## Narrative

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

-ACCORDING TO THE PIC:

"WE WERE APPROACHING KMER FROM THE WEST AT 5,500' MSL AS WE HAD DEPARTED FROM KLVK AFTER A TOUCH AND GO WITH MY STUDENT AT THE CONTROLS. CASTLE TOWER WAS CLOSED SO WE LISTENED TO THE AUTOMATED WX WHICH WAS THE FOLLOWING: 030455Z AUTO 35005KT 10SM CLR 08/02 A3005. GIVEN LIGHTER WIND CONDITIONS AND THE LENGTHY RUNWAY ALONG WITH THE PLANS TO PROCEED FURTHER SOUTH TO VISALIA AFTER A TOUCH AND GO, WE DECIDED TO MAKE A STRAIGHT IN FOR RUNWAY 13. WE LOADED THE RNAV 13 INTO OUR GPS FOR ADDED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS AND COMPLETED OUR APPROACH CHECKLIST AROUND 20NM FROM THE AIRPORT. THEN DESCENDING INTO KMER AROUND 4-5NM AWAY, WE EXTENDED OUR LANDING GEARS AND COMPLETED THE BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST. BOTH MY STUDENT AND I VERIFIED VISUALLY 3 GREEN IN OUR LANDING GEAR LIGHT INDICATOR, AND VERIFIED THE SAME VERBALLY SAYING "3 GREEN: VERIFIED". AROUND 200' AGL (WHERE WE VERIFY FINAL ITEMS), WE VERIFIED GEAR DOWN AND THREE GREEN ONE LAST TIME. IN OUR LANDING PHASE, OUR MAIN GEARS TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, THEN AS OUR NOSE CAME DOWN AND TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, IT IMMEDIATELY ACTIVATED OUR GEAR PUMP ON CONTACT AND WE SAW THE NOSE GEAR GREEN LIGHT EXTINGUISH AND OUR NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. BRAKES WERE GENTLY APPLIED AND AFTER ABOUT 100 FEET OR SO OUR AIRCRAFT CAME TO A FULL STOP ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CENTERLINE, BUT STILL ON THE RUNWAY. GIVEN THE SHOCK THAT CAME FROM WHAT HAD HAPPEN, WE TOOK A QUICK MINUTE TO GATHER OURSELVES AND COMPLETED THE AFTER LANDING AND SHUTDOWN CHECKLISTS AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. I THEN PROCEEDED TO CONTACT NORCAL TRACON TO INFORM THEM OF THE SITUATION AND REQUEST ASSISTANCE OFF THE RUNWAY".

-THE COMPANY DOM HAS BEEN CONTACTED, AND PROVIDED AIRCRAFT RECORDS THAT INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS AIRWORTHY AT THE TIME OF THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE INCIDENT. HE HAS ORDERED PARTS NECESSARY TO GET THE AIRCRAFT IN A SAFE CONDITION FOR A SFP FERRY FLIGHT TO REPOSITION THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO RDD TO THEIR MAINTENANCE FACILITY FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS AND REPAIRS.

-PARTS ACQUISITION FROM THE MANUFACTURER LOCATED IN ITALY IS QUITE DELAYED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, AND SHELTER IN PLACE ORDERS IN CALIFORNIA, AND ITALY.

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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