# NTSB DCA22LA131: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 Traveller, N833CA, Chicago, IL, June 16, 2022

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report
- Date: June 16, 2022, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.9769, -87.9081
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9769&lon=-87.9081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Taxi-to runway: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office: Major Investigations Division
- Parties: Hyannis Air Service
- NTSB case key (mKey): 105273
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DCA22LA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/105273/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105273
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DCA22LA131

## Probable cause

The accident airplane encountered jet blast from a departing Boeing 737.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Turbulence](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000): Environmental issues › Conditions/weather/phenomena · Effect on equipment (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 TRAVELLER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000/cases.md?model=0330521), [All aircraft, 92 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03032000/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

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

- [Taxi-to runway: Prop/jet/rotor blast/suction](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 TRAVELLER, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md?model=0330521), [All aircraft, 44 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/082/sequence.md)

## Analysis

Cape Air’s pilot reported that while waiting to depart, the tower cleared their flight to line up and wait at the N5 intersection, advising “traffic on the roll” on runway 28R. As the accident airplane approached the hold short line, the right wing was lifted, and the right landing gear was raised off the ground causing the left wingtip to contact the ground. Cape Air’s pilot corrected the airplane to a normal attitude, exited the runway at EE intersection and returned to the fixed base operator (FBO). The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left forward wing spar. Figure 1. Google Earth imagery of the locations of the accident airplane and departing airplane at the time of the upset. ADS-B data showed the upset occurred about 28 seconds after a preceding Boeing 737 (B737) had crossed the same hold short line. At the time of the upset, shown in Figure 1, the B737 had just completed the turn on to the runway centerline and begun increasing thrust for takeoff.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N833CA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N833CA), registered now, S/N 014/US, built 2020 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2012 TRAVELLER
- Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 TRAVELLER](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2012-traveller) (registry code 0330521) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TEO-540-C1A](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-teo-540-c1a) (registry code 42715, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 014/US
- Year built: 2020
- Airframe hours: 1278.7
- Engines: LYCOMING TEO-540-C1A 375 horsepower reciprocating; LYCOMING TEO-540-C1A 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Ferry, Part 91
- Operator: Hyannis Air Service, Inc
- Registered owner: Hyannis Air Service, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: AAIP, May 15, 2022
- Destination: KSTL, St. Louis, MO
- Airport: ORD, Chicago O'Hare Intl, runway 28R, 13,000 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment: Electronic multifunction display, Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Auto-pilot

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 67; injuries: none; flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; last flight review May 1, 2022; seat: left; restraint: 4-point; flight hours: 26,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 25,000 as pilot in command, 159 in the last 90 days, 52 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 16 knots, gusting 26
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 33 °F, dew point 11 °F
- Altimeter: 29.91 inHg
- Observed at: KORD

## 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 20220616006309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220616006309A), Jun 16, 2022: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2012 TRAVELLER, Chicago, IL, Substantial damage. Aircraft holding short runway 28R at taxiway N5 kord. [privacy data omitted] 737 Had taxied into position on runway 28R via taxiway N5 and began takeoff roll.…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on April 20, 2023, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=105273. 19.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 11 pages, 441 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=14353521&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report%20Form%20-%206120.1_manuallyredacted-Rel.pdf
- Pilot statement (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 158 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15361466&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Crew%20Statement_Redacted-Rel.pdf
- ADS-B data for N833CA (item 3, XLSX, 433 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15362290&FileExtension=xlsx&FileName=20220616_AB63B2_486791973_ADSB-Rel.xlsx
- ADS-B data for departing B737 (item 4, XLSX, 18.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=15361363&FileExtension=xlsx&FileName=20220616_A46D26_486794065_ADSB-Rel.xlsx

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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