# Incident 20250705007569I: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T, Valkaria, FL, July 5, 2025 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 5, 2025, 13:47 local time - Place: Valkaria, FL - Airport: Valkaria - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operator: 9M8S - Location: 27.9609° N, 80.5583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VALKARIA (X59), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9609&lon=-80.5583&mi=10 - Aircraft: N353F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N353F) (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 - Reported engine: ROTAX 912S3 - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 1,384 total, 40 in this make and model, 223 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250705007569I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON SATURDAY 7/5/2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:40 (EST) DURING A LANDING AND TAKEOFF ROLL “TOUCH AND GO”, THE STUDENT PILOT INADVERTENTLY ACTIVATED THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE TO THE UP POSITION, INSTEAD OF THE FLAP HANDLE TO “FLAPS TAKEOFF”. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE STUDENT FROM ENGAGING THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE, BUT DID NOT REACT IN TIME TO STOP THE MISMANAGED CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG), WHICH CAUSED THE NLG TO COLLAPSE. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED, AND DID NOT COLLAPSE. THE NLG DOORS SUFFERED ABRASION DAMAGE FROM CONTACTING THE RUNWAY SURFACE. BOTH PILOTS EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY WHILE ON THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOT'S (SP) FIRST DAY IN MULTI-TRAINING. THE SP MET WITH THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR COCKPIT FAMILIARIZATION AND SIMULATION TIME. THE SP WAS GIVEN APPROXIMATELY 1.5 HOURS OF GROUND TRAINING ON THE TYPE AIRCRAFT, AND 1.5 HOURS OF SIMULATOR TRAINING. DURING SECOND TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE SP REACHED FOR LANDING GEAR HANDLE, AND INADVERTENTLY ACTUATED THE LANDING GEAR. THE SP HAS NOT PARTICIPATED IN WINGS OR FAAST TRAINING. THE SP HAS CONDUCTED REGULATORY RECURRENT/ANNUAL SAFETY TRAINING ON JAN 16,2025. THE SP CFI RENEWAL COURSE WAS COMPLETED ON 6/28/2025. STUDENT PILOT FLIGHT TIME: MAKE/MODEL: 0 HOURS 90 DAYS: 142 (PIPER CHEROKEE/ARCHER WARRIOR) LAST YEAR: 600 SAME INCL C172 TOTAL: 1417 STUDENT PILOT WAS CERTIFICATED OUT OF THE ATL FSDO. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE NLG DOORS AND ADJACENT AIRFRAME SKIN. NTSB PARTICIPATION WAS NOT REQUIRED. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.