# Incident 20240710010789I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Riverside, CA, July 10, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2024, 17:47 local time
- Place: Riverside, CA
- Airport: Riverside Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9519° N, 117.4451° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RIVERSIDE (RAL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9519&lon=-117.4451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945CB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N945CB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T (registry code 0330001, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2006t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912 series (registry code 55606, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2006T
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,308 total, 70 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240710010789I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR MULTI ENGINE FIXED WING ADD ON RATING PRACTICAL TEST AT RIVERSIDE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KRAL). AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE FINAL REQUIRED LANDING TO BE DEMONSTRATED WAS BEING PERFORMED. BOTH THE PILOT AND DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER CONFIRMED A BEFORE LANDING CHECKLIST WAS USED PRIOR TO LANDING AND BELIEVED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE ACTUALLY HAD BEEN PUT INTO THE GEAR DOWN POSITION. UPON LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY ON ITS BELLY RECEIVING WHAT APPERED TO BE NON-STRUCTURAL DAMAGE AS CONFIRMED BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR. MAINLY DAMAGE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE BELLY SKINS AND ANTENNAS. AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST WAS COMPLETED, IT WAS DISCOVERED BY THE PILOT THAT THE LANING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE UP POSITION AND THEREFOR NEVER EXTEDED. NO INJURIES TO THE PEOPLE ONBOARD.

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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