# Accident 20240507010979A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010, Waco, TX, May 7, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 2024, 17:15 local time
- Place: Waco, TX
- Airport: Waco Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4OS
- Location: 31.6187° N, 97.2252° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6187&lon=-97.2252&mi=10
- Aircraft: N502U, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N502U) (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 40891, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2010
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA204) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240507010979A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS LANDING RUNWAY 19 AT ACT.  AT LANDING THE NOSE GEAR SEPERATED, CAUSING THE PROP TO STRIKE RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE, VEERING TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY, COMING TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. NO INJURIES OR POST CRASH FIRE.

PIC WAS A STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTING SOLO FLIGHT AFTER HAVING, PREVIOUSLY IN THE DAY, CONDUCTED TRAINING WITH INSTRUCTOR PILOT.

## 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 CEN24LA204](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24LA204), May 7, 2024: Tecnam P2010 (N502U), Waco, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s inadequate landing flare that led to a bounced landing, and his improper pitch control while he attempted a recovery from the bounced landing which resulted in a significant…

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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