# Accident 20230312001329A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Church Hill, MD, March 12, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 12, 2023, 14:30 local time
- Place: Church Hill, MD
- Airport: Myles Landing
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0984° N, 75.8952° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0984&lon=-75.8952&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 912UL2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor, private pilot, sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,381 total, 172 in this make and model, 71 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA23LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230312001329A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR WERE CONDUCTING EMERGENCY LANDINGS AND ENGINE OUT PROCEDURES UTILIZING AIRPORT 27MD RUNWAY 30. AFTER ONE DEMONSTRATION BY THE INSTRUCTOR AND TWO PRACTICES BY THE STUDENT THE INSTRUCTOR INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO PROCEED WITH AN ENGINE OUT EMERGENCY LANDING STARTING AT 3,000 FT. DURING DECENT THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE STUDENT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING PROPER DECENT SPEED AND INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO APPLY ELEVATOR TRIM UP, REACHING 5OO FT. FROM THE GROUND THE INSTRUCTOR NOTICED THE AIRPLANE WAS TOO HIGH AND INSTRUCTED THE STUDENT TO APPLY FULL FLAP DOWN. ONCE ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY AND APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF RUNWAY 30 LENGTH, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED THE GROUND AND BOUNCED UP AND STARTED TO DRIFT LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR STARTED TO APPLY RIGHT RUDDER WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO CENTER THE AIRPLANE ON THE RUNWAY AND CLAIM CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE BY VERBAL COMMUNICATION WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FROM THE STUDENT PILOT WHO RELEASED THE CONTROL STICK. THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED FULL POWER AND ATTEMPTED A GO AROUND. ELEVATOR PITCH WAS STILL FULL NOSE UP AND TRIM SELECTOR WAS SELECTED FOR THE STUDENT SIDE DISABLING THE INSTRUCTOR CONTROLS FOR TRIM ON HIS CONTROL STICK. AS THE AIRPLANE CONTINUED TO DRIFT LEFT WITH THE NOSE UP AND LOW SPEED, THE INSTRUCTOR APPLIED RIGHT AILERON TO AVOID A LINE OF TREES AND THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND FOLLOW BY THE NOSE HITTING THE GROUND SPINNING THE AIRPLANE 180 DEGREES COMING TO A FULL STOP. NO AIRCRAFT MALFUNCTION WAS REPORTED.

## 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 ERA23LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA23LA149), Mar 12, 2023: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 (N562TU), Church Hill, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing attempt and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

## Other reports on N562TU (1)

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

- [Accident 20200928014669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200928014669A), Sep 28, 2020: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET (N562TU), Centerville, MD, Substantial damage. 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…

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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