# Accident 20241212021839A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008, White Plains, NY, December 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 12, 2024, 18:35 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0891° N, 73.7179° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0891&lon=-73.7179&mi=10
- Aircraft: N298PM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N298PM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2008 (registry code 060007Q, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2008) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS2 (registry code 55599, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2008
- Reported engine: ROTAX 912ULS2
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241212021839A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 12, 2024, ABOUT 1846 EST, A TECNAM

P2008 WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT (HPN). ONE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE OTHER PILOT WAS

SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED LINDEN AIRPORT (LDJ) ENROUTE TO ALBANY (ALB). APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, DURING CRUISE, THE ENGINE FAILED AND THE PILOT DIVERTED TO HPN. CLEARANCE WAS OBTAINED TO LAND. THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, IT FAILED AGAIN. THE ACFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN THE MEDIAN BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND LANES OF US 684. IT CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE WITH SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ENTIRE ACFT.

## 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 ERA25FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA076), Dec 12, 2024: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecnam P2008 (N298PM), Greenwich, CT, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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