# Accident 20200928014669A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Centerville, MD, September 28, 2020

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2020, 18:00 local time
- Place: Centerville, MD
- Airport: Bay Bridge Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0500° N, 76.1511° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0500&lon=-76.1511&mi=10
- Aircraft: N562TU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N562TU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (registry code 0600045, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-eaglet) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912UL2 (registry code 55574, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912ul2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P92 EAGLET
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,118 total, 20 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA20LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200928014669A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL FLIGHT, AT 1700 FT MSL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE A SEVERE VIBRATION WITH A REDUCTION IN POWER OF APPROXIMATELY 600 RPM.  MANIPULATION OF THE THROTTLE DID NOT PRODUCE ANY NOTICEABLE CHANGE IN ENGINE POWER.  THE PILOT STATED THAT HE THEN PREPARED THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING, AT WHICH TIME THE ENGINE FULLY SEIZED.  HE ALSO ATTEMPTED AN IN AIR RESTART WHICH WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AS THE ENGINE WOULD NOT CRANK.  THE PILOTED ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A SOY BEAN FIELD, BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE ROLLOUT THE NOSE GEAR DUG IN TO THE GROUND AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA20LA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA20LA341), Sep 28, 2020: Tecnam P92 (N562TU), Centerville, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of the No. 1 cylinder exhaust valve spring retainer due to air trapped in the lubrication system, which resulted in a total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N562TU (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20230312001329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230312001329A), Mar 12, 2023: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (N562TU), Church Hill, MD, Substantial damage. The student pilot and his instructor were conducting emergency landings and engine out procedures utilizing airport 27MD runway 30. After one demonstration by…

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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