# NTSB CEN21LA399: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 Echo Classic, N303TA, Cotton Port, LA, September 2, 2021

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: September 2, 2021, 16:08 local (21:08 UTC)
- Place: Cotton Port, LA
- Coordinates: 30.9841, -92.0535 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.9841&lon=-92.0535&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 103802
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN21LA399
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/103802/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103802
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA399

## Probable cause

The pilot exceeding the airplane’s critical angle of attack, resulting in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent loss of control during go-around after a bounced landing.

## 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 (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060006M), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: angle of attack](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Capability exceeded (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md?model=060006M), [All aircraft, 990 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062042/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Approach-VFR go-around: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=060006M), [All aircraft, 5,002 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md)
- [Approach-VFR go-around: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=060006M), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that while landing the light-sport airplane on his private airstrip the airplane bounced hard. The pilot reported that he executed a go-around, and the airplane entered a steep climb, and experienced an aerodynamic stall. After the stall, the left wing struck a powerline, and the airplane impacted a soybean field. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward fuselage and both wings. The pilot reported no mechanical issues with the airplane prior to the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N303TA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303TA), registered now, S/N 1328, built 2010 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P92 ECHO CLASSIC
- Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-echo-classic) (registry code 060006M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1328
- Year built: 2010
- Airframe hours: 313
- Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 7, 2021
- Airport: pvt, Private Airstrip, runway 27, 2,500 × 70 ft, grass/turf
- Equipment: Stall warning system, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 74; injuries: serious; sport pilot; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: sport pilot; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 283 total, 283 in this make and model, 194 as pilot in command, 1.3 in the last 90 days, 1.3 in the last 30 days, 1.3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 330° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 7,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter: 29.88 inHg
- Observed at: KOPL, 26 nm away
- METAR: METAR KOPL 022055Z AUTO 33009KT 10SM SCT042 BKN070 OVC095 31/23 A2988 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW THRU NE T03070233=

## 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 20210902022939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210902022939A), Sep 2, 2021: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO CLASSIC, Cottonport, LA, Destroyed. Pilot was performing touch and go's. on second touch and go, aircraft bounced, pilot applied power and left wing dropped on climb out striking power line at…

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 6, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=103802. 62.6 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 61.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13439108&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120.1_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- Photographs (item 2, PDF, 2 pages, 1.3 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13438851&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20array-Rel.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.

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