# NTSB CEN11CA052: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 Bravo, N619CS, Stockport, OH, October 29, 2010 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: October 29, 2010, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC) - Place: Stockport, OH - Coordinates: 39.556388, -81.78083 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5564&lon=-81.7808&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 16, 2011 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Central Region - Parties: FAA-COL-FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 77727 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN11CA052 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/77727/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77727 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11CA052 ## Probable cause The pilot's inadvertent movement of the throttle control during landing, which resulted in an increase in power and excursion from the runway. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot; cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Engine controls: power lever](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603): Aircraft › Aircraft power plant · Unintentional use/operation (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603/cases.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 95 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01057603/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he maintained a higher-than-normal approach speed due to the gusty wind conditions. Upon touchdown, the airplane bounced back airborne and the pilot's knee inadvertently moved the throttle control forward, increasing the engine power. Shortly after he realized that the airplane was accelerating between his applications of brakes. The airplane continued off the end of the airstrip and impacted a ditch, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported he maintained a higher than normal approach speed due to the gusty wind conditions. He applied flaps just prior to touching down, and the airplane bounced. The pilot reported that when the airplane bounced, he hit the throttle with his knee and did not realize it until he recognized that the airplane was accelerating between brake applications. The airplane continued off the end of the airstrip where it contacted a ditch resulting in substantial damage to the right wing. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N619CS](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N619CS), registered now, S/N 049, built 2006 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2004 BRAVO - Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2004-bravo) (registry code 060001M) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax SEE BOMBADIER](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-see-bombadier) (registry code 55555, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 049 - Airframe hours: 1106 - Engines: ROTAX 912 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Joseph F. Conte Jr. - Registered owner: N619cs LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, October 20, 2010, 4 hours before - Departed: LHQ, Lancaster, OH - Destination: 80A7, Stockport, OH - Airport: 80A7, Bald Eagle Field, runway 04, 2,260 × 65 ft, grass/turf ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 60; injuries: none; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; seat: left; flight hours: 640 total, 514 in this make and model, 640 as pilot in command, 35 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 280° at 11 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 4,500 ft overcast - Temperature: 43 °F, dew point 32 °F - Altimeter: 30.31 inHg - Observed at: CMH, 66 nm away ## FAA reports on this event (1) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20101029049739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101029049739A), Oct 29, 2010: Costruzioni P2004 BRAVO, Stockport, OH, Substantial damage. The pilot and an eyewitness stated that the airplane touched down about half way down the 2320 ft grass runway 04. The wind reports for the area at the time of… ## Docket (1 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 24, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=77727. 346 KB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 346 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40339744&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF 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. --- 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.