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FAA incident report · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T · Broomfield, CO · June 23, 2022

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Date
June 23, 2022 · 14:58 local
Place
Broomfield, CO
Airport
Rocky Mountain Metro
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N965GV
Reported as
Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T
Reported engine
ROTAX 912S3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,050 total56 in this make and model65 in the last 90 days
N965GVRegistered now · Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006TS/N 242/USAirframe modelCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006TEngine modelRotax 912S34 cycle

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot in command (PIC) was providing multiengine instruction to a non-rated flight instructor when they landed the aircraft gear up at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport. The flight instructor and student were the only people on board and neither received any injuries. The weather was VFR with variable winds at 3 knots, sky clear and temperature of 23° c. the flight had departed an hour earlier and performed maneuvers in the practice area. The crew had performed three stop and go landings and were planning a final landing to conclude the lesson. The PIC wanted his student to perform a simulated engine out in the traffic pattern to a single engine landing. The PIC briefed his student that the simulated engine failure would take place in the downwind. Approaching midfield, the tower instructed the aircraft to extend downwind for traffic ahead. The PIC decided to delay the simulated engine failure till they passed the traffic turning base to better configure the aircraft. At this point the PIC estimated that the aircraft was four miles from the airport when instructed to make the base turn. The PIC realized that the student could not perform the memory items on base in a timely manner and stated to the student that the simulated engine failure would occur once established on final. The student maneuvered the aircraft onto final and the PIC retarded the engine for the simulated engine failure. The student struggled with establishing the correct flight path and approach. The PIC continued to provide instruction with both crew members becoming task saturated. Immediately prior to touchdown the tower radioed for a go-around due to no gear down. The crew touched down right of the runway centerline and came to a stop. The PIC initiated the engine secure checklist and both crewmembers exited the aircraft. The aircraft was lifted and the landing gear extended on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WAS PROVIDING MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTION TO A NON-RATED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHEN THEY LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN METRO AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ON BOARD AND NEITHER RECEIVED ANY INJURIES. THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH VARIABLE WINDS AT 3 KNOTS, SKY CLEAR AND TEMPERATURE OF 23° C. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED AN HOUR EARLIER AND PERFORMED MANEUVERS IN THE PRACTICE AREA. THE CREW HAD PERFORMED THREE STOP AND GO LANDINGS AND WERE PLANNING A FINAL LANDING TO CONCLUDE THE LESSON. THE PIC WANTED HIS STUDENT TO PERFORM A SIMULATED ENGINE OUT IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN TO A SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. THE PIC BRIEFED HIS STUDENT THAT THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WOULD TAKE PLACE IN THE DOWNWIND. APPROACHING MIDFIELD, THE TOWER INSTRUCTED THE AIRCRAFT TO EXTEND DOWNWIND FOR TRAFFIC AHEAD. THE PIC DECIDED TO DELAY THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE TILL THEY PASSED THE TRAFFIC TURNING BASE TO BETTER CONFIGURE THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT THE PIC ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUR MILES FROM THE AIRPORT WHEN INSTRUCTED TO MAKE THE BASE TURN. THE PIC REALIZED THAT THE STUDENT COULD NOT PERFORM THE MEMORY ITEMS ON BASE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND STATED TO THE STUDENT THAT THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE WOULD OCCUR ONCE ESTABLISHED ON FINAL. THE STUDENT MANEUVERED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO FINAL AND THE PIC RETARDED THE ENGINE FOR THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE. THE STUDENT STRUGGLED WITH ESTABLISHING THE CORRECT FLIGHT PATH AND APPROACH. THE PIC CONTINUED TO PROVIDE INSTRUCTION WITH BOTH CREW MEMBERS BECOMING TASK SATURATED. IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THE TOWER RADIOED FOR A GO-AROUND DUE TO NO GEAR DOWN. THE CREW TOUCHED DOWN RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AND CAME TO A STOP. THE PIC INITIATED THE ENGINE SECURE CHECKLIST AND BOTH CREWMEMBERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON THE RUNWAY.