# Accident 20250626008269A: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010, Temple, TX, June 26, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2025, 11:30 local time
- Place: Temple, TX
- Airport: Draughon-Miller Central Texas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: K68S
- Location: 31.1651° N, 97.4143° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1651&lon=-97.4143&mi=10
- Aircraft: N258CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N258CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010 (registry code 0330402, https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2010) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-390-C3B6 (registry code 42710, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-390-c3b6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2010
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 474 total, 161 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250626008269A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING FROM A LOCAL FLIGHT LESSON. WHILE IN THE AIRPORT TRAFFIC PATTERN, THE PILOT PERFORMED THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST. THIS CHECKLIST REQUIRES THE PILOT TO SWITCH TO THE "FULLEST TANK". THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS APPARENTLY MOVED FROM THE RIGHT-TANK POSITION TO THE OFF POSITION WHEN IT WAS ROTATED PAST THE LEFT-TANK POSITION. THIS CUT OFF FUEL TO THE ENGINE AND THE ENGINE LOST POWER ABOUT A MINUTE LATER. THE PILOT MADE A FORCED LANDING AMONGST THE TREES SHORT OF RUNWAY 16 AT KTPL.

## 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 CEN25LA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA225), Jun 26, 2025: Tecnam P2010 (N258CM), Temple, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power due to a failed muffler flame tube assembly which resulted in an exhaust blockage.

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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