# NTSB ERA09CA300: Tecnam P2002, N524LM, Stevensville, MD, May 21, 2009 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: May 21, 2009, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC) - Place: Stevensville, MD - Coordinates: 38.976387, -76.329719 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9764&lon=-76.3297&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 1 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 9, 2009 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 73881 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA09CA300 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73881/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73881 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA300 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed on final approach, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: airspeed](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md?model=0600006), [All aircraft, 1,681 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062010/cases.md) - [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 P2002 SIERRA, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600006), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing: Aerodynamic stall/spin](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md?model=0600006), [All aircraft, 1,529 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/241/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot practiced maneuvers for approximately 50 minutes and discovered upon returning to the airport that there was a 60-degree crosswind for the 2,900-foot-long by 60-foot-wide runway. He aborted landing twice, and on the third attempt the airplane stalled and the left wing impacted terrain, substantially damaging the airplane. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions with the airplane. The recorded wind, about the time of the accident, was 170 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots. When the pilot departed the airport 1 hour and 15 minutes earlier, winds were from the south at 4 knots. ## Factual narrative The pilot practiced maneuvers for approximately 50 minutes, and discovered upon returning to the airport that there was a 60-degree crosswind for the 2,900-foot-long by 60-foot-wide runway. He aborted landing twice, and on the third attempt, the airplane stalled, and the left wing impacted terrain substantially damaging the airplane. The pilot reported there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions. The recorded wind, about the time of the accident, was 170 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 15 knots. When the pilot departed the airport 1 hour and 15 minutes earlier, winds were from the south at 4 knots. The pilot reported 154 hours of total flight experience, of which 39 hours were in the accident airplane make and model. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N524LM](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N524LM-2018-01-17), registration cancelled 2018-01-17, S/N 258, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: TECNAM P2002 (JF) - Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2002-sierra) (registry code 0600006) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 258 - Airframe hours: 462 - Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Instructional, Part 91 - Operator: Chesapeake Sport Pilot, LLC, doing business as Flight School - Registered owner: CSP Leasing LLC - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, March 26, 2009 - Departed: W29, Stevensville, MD - Destination: W29, Stevensville, MD - Airport: W29, Bay Bridge Airport, runway 11, 2,903 × 60 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 56; injuries: none; private, student; last flight review June 8, 2008; seat: left; flight hours: 154 total, 39 in this make and model, 97 as pilot in command, 13 in the last 90 days, 4 in the last 30 days ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 170° at 10 knots, gusting 15 - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 73 °F, dew point 37 °F - Altimeter: 30.30 inHg - Observed at: W29 ## 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 20090521008819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090521008819A), May 21, 2009: Tecnam P2002SIERRA, Stevensville, MD, Substantial damage. (-23) On the third attempt to land on runway 11 at Bay Bridge Airport (W29) when crosswind upset the aircraft, which cartwheeled onto the port wing impacting… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2009, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=73881. 2.0 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 943 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314579&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF - Weather Reports (item 2, .PDF, 87 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314580&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Weather%20Reports-Master.PDF - Photo 1: Digital Photograph Provided by FAA. View Showing Front Left Side of Airplane (item 3, .PDF, 537 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314585&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%3A%20Digital%20Photograph%20Provided%20by%20FAA.%20View%20Showing%20Front%20Left%20Side%20of%20Airplane-Master.PDF - Photo 2: Digital Photograph Provided by FAA. View Showing Rear Left Side of Airplane (item 4, .PDF, 434 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40314586&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%202%3A%20Digital%20Photograph%20Provided%20by%20FAA.%20View%20Showing%20Rear%20Left%20Side%20of%20Airplane-Master.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/). 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