# Accident 20200828013669A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO SUPER, Charlottesvile, VA, August 28, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2020, 15:55 local time
- Place: Charlottesvile, VA
- Airport: Charlottesville Albemarle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.1397° N, 78.4522° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.1397&lon=-78.4522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N508TE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N508TE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO SUPER (registry code 0600007, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-echo-super) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P92 ECHO SUPER
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 44 total, 44 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA304) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200828013669A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS CONDUCTING HIS SOLO CROSS COUNTRY REQUIREMENT FOR PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATION FROM KOFP (HANOVER COUNTY AIRPORT) TO KCHO (CHARLOTTESVILLE ALBEMARLE AIRPORT).  PILOT DID NOT EXPERIENCE ANY MECHANICAL ABNORMALITIES DURING OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21 AT KCHO.  PILOT STATED HE ESTABLISHED A STABLE APPROACH, BUT FLARED HIGH(APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY).  HE STATED THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED 3 TIMES BEFORE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT COLLAPSED PARTIALLY, CAUSING  SUBSEQUENT PROPELLER STRIKE AND MOTOR MOUNT DAMAGE.  NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.

## 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 ERA20CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20CA304), Aug 28, 2020: Tecnam P92 (N508TE), Charlottesville, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and a nose landing gear collapse.

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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