# Incident 20240802011549I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Temple, TX, August 2, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2024, 10:35 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Central Texas
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: K68S
- Location: 31.1519° N, 97.4077° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRAUGHON-MILLER CENTRAL TEXAS RGNL (TPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1519&lon=-97.4077&mi=10
- Aircraft: N357VA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N357VA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T (registry code 0330001, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2006t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912S3 (registry code 55594, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912s3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2006T
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240802011549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH WITH THEIR STUDENT, AND DELAYED EXTENDING LANDING GEAR AS PART OF THE SIMULATED EMERGENCY. THE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO FULLY DEPLOY, AND THE PILOT/INSTRUCTOR DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE NORMAL GEAR-DOWN INDICATION DID NOT APPEAR. UNBEKNONST TO THE PILOT A PLASTIC CONNECTOR THAT HOLDS THE POWER LEADS TO THE HYDRALIC PUMP HAD COME LOOSE DUE TO VIBRATION. THE PILOT CONTINUED THE APPROACH AND TOUCHED DOWN GEAR-UP. THE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED LANDING GEAR WAS PUSHED BACK INTO THE FUSELAGE AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON ITS FUSELAGE ON THE RUNWAY.

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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