# NTSB ERA21LA394: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 Eaglet, N615TA, Apopka, FL, September 29, 2021 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: September 29, 2021, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC) - Place: Apopka, FL - Coordinates: 28.6934, -81.5322 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6934&lon=-81.5322&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/ FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 104501 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA21LA394 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/104501/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104501 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA394 ## Probable cause A loss of directional control during landing for reasons that could not be determined based upon the disposition of the wreckage following a late accident report. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Unknown/Not determined (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/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: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 4 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) ## Analysis This accident was not reported to the National Transportation Safety Board for over three months following the event, which precluded a detailed examination of the airplane. The pilot reported that after a normal landing, the airplane immediately veered to the right. He added full power to go-around. He said that as the airplane began to climb it was in uncoordinated flight and he was unable to correct for it due to a possible “blockage” in the flight control system. The airplane entered an “inadvertent stall” and landed “wings level” on the runway. The airplane then exited the runway and collided with a parked vehicle, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot also suggested that the manual parking brake may have inadvertently engaged in flight which may have contributed to the airplane veering right on landing. A review of airport surveillance video revealed the airplane landed and bounced. The airplane landed again before it began to climb in a slow, nose-high climb as it yawed to the right. About 4 seconds after the airplane became airborne, the left wing suddenly dropped followed immediately by the airplane banking right, as it descended. The right main landing gear contacted the ground hard, and the airplane rolled back to the left coming upright on all three gears before it exited the runway. A post-accident examination of the manual parking brake system, the main landing gear braking system and the flight controls was conducted by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspector. The parking brake lever, which had to be engaged manually, operated freely with no resistance. The parking brake actuator was removed and no mechanical deficiencies were observed with the cams and springs. No mechanical problems were noted that would have caused the parking brake to suddenly engage in flight. Examination of the calipers, hydraulic lines, or pedals of the main landing gear brake system also revealed no obvious mechanical issues that would have precluded normal operation. The wings and seats of the airplane had been removed prior to the FAA’s examination of the airplane. Though the FAA inspector was unable to complete a full functional test of the flight controls, he did not observe any obvious mechanical issues with the flight controls that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N615TA](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N615TA), registered now, S/N 1515, built 2014 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P92 EAGLET - Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p92-eaglet) (registry code 0600045) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS2](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls2) (registry code 55599, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1515 - Year built: 2014 - Engines: Rotax 912ULS 100 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: First Landings Aviation - Registered owner: Guy A Aviation - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: X04, Apopka, FL - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: X04, Orlando Apopka, runway 15, 3,987 × 60 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Flight instructor; age 24; injuries: none; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, without waivers/limitations; last flight review July 21, 2021; seat: right; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 368 total, 13 in this make and model, 287 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 26 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 80° at 5 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 90 °F, dew point 66 °F - Altimeter: 29.97 inHg - Observed at: LEE, 14 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 20210929021239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210929021239A), Sep 29, 2021: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Apopka, FL, Substantial damage. While on a sight seeing flight, pilot attempted a landing and lost control of the aircraft, resulting in a runway departure and collision into a building and… ## Docket (6 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 26, 2022, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=104501. 45.9 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 9 pages, 13.9 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13673749&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Written statement - pilot (item 2, PDF, 1 page, 2.6 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13604849&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Written%20Statement%20Pilot-Rel.pdf - Written statement - passenger (item 3, PDF, 1 page, 20.0 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13605584&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Written%20Statement%20Passenger_Redacted-Rel.pdf - NTSB summary of record - NTSB and FAA correspondence (item 4, PDF, 2 pages, 105 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13606139&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=NTSB%20and%20FAA%20Correspondence-Rel.pdf - Photos (item 5, PDF, 2 pages, 2 photos, 705 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13584520&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Photo%20Array-Rel.pdf - Airport surveillance video (item 6, MP4, 8.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=13584221&FileExtension=MP4&FileName=N615TA%202-Rel.MP4 From the NTSB's public API. 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