# Accident 20231013019269A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010, Chesterfield, VA, October 13, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2023, 12:00 local time
- Place: Chesterfield, VA
- Airport: Richmond Exec-Chesterfield Cou
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4064° N, 77.5248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RICHMOND EXEC/CHESTERFIELD COUNTY (FCI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4064&lon=-77.5248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143TU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143TU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010 (registry code 0330402, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2010
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+
- People aboard: 0
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231013019269A

## Narrative

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

IT WAS REPORTED TO RIC FSDO ON 10/13/2023 THAT MISHAP AIRPLANE HAD SUFFERED DAMAGE PROBABLY RELATED TO A HARD LANDING. THE PLANE IS OWNED BY A FLYING CLUB, AND NO DAMAGE WAS REPORTED PRIOR TO 10/05/2023. FAA INSPECTION FOUND A CRACKED WING SPAR, BENT LANDING GEAR STRUT, AND OTHER DAMAGE THAT ELEVATED IT TO AN ACCIDENT. PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE SUGGESTED THAT THE DAMAGE OCCURRED IN THE JUNE-JULY TIMEFRAME, AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE SUGGESTED A SINGLE FLIGHT WITH A HARD LANDING, HOWEVER THE CREW OF THAT FLIGHT DENIED A HARD LANDING. THE DEFINITIVE IDENTITY OF THE MISHAP PILOT CAN BE SPECULATED, BUT IS UNKNOWN.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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