# Incident 20211227021419I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Hanover, VA, December 27, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2021, 11:50 local time
- Place: Hanover, VA
- Airport: Hanover County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7089° N, 77.4366° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HANOVER COUNTY MUNI (OFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7089&lon=-77.4366&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353TA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353TA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (registry code 0600045, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-eaglet) (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 EAGLET
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 200 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20211227021419I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOLO TOUCH AND GO'S.  WEATHER WAS VFR AND WINDS WERE CALM.  STUDENT PILOT HAD EXECUTED 2 PRIOR TOUCH AND GO'S WITHOUT INCIDENT.  ON THE THIRD ATTEMPT; AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH AND DID NOT TOUCH DOWN ON THE RUNWAY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 1000FT FROM THE THRESHOLD.  THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE AFTER THE NOSE TIRE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY FIRST, THEN THE MAIN WHEELS, BEFORE BOUNCING AIRBORNE AGAIN.   THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED THREE TIMES BEFORE THE PILOT PITCHED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, LANDING NOSE WHEEL FIRST; OVERLOADING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR UPPER ATTACH FITTING AND CAUSING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE AND PROPELLER STRIKE.

## Other reports on N353TA (2)

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

- [Incident 20200329006539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200329006539I), Mar 29, 2020: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (N353TA), Richmond, VA, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted] Holder of both airframe and power plant ratings (cert [privacy data omitted]) was involved with the regulatory deviation. The specific…
- [Incident 20190614010759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190614010759I), Jun 14, 2019: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (N353TA), Hanover, VA, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout, student flight instruction. This is a fixed gear aircraft. Jmc

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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