- Date
- March 12, 2023, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Church Hill, MD · On airport at 27MD
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N562TUCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control in flight
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- 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
- FAA report
- 20230312001329A
- Case key
- 106872
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Probable cause
The student pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during the landing attempt and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The flight instructor reported that his student began the transition to flare on a normal, full stop landing. During the flare, the airplane’s nose yawed to the left. The instructor added right rudder to correct; however, the left wing pitched up. The instructor attempted to correct by applying left aileron to level the wings. He encountered resistance from the student’s flight control inputs, and the airplane touched down on the right main gear, putting a side load on it. The instructor announced that he had taken control of the airplane and initiated a go-around. The pitch trim was set to full nose up, and the instructor could not reduce the trim forces since the trim switch was set to the student’s side. The airplane pitched up and out of ground effect, and the right wing stalled and struck the ground, resulting in the nose and left wing also striking the ground. There were no injuries. An inspector with the Federal Aviation Administration examined the wreckage and determined that the damage to the fuselage and both wings was substantial. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N562TU
- Reported as
- Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 (Eaglet)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1562
- Built
- 2017
- Airframe hours
- 1,280
- Engine
- Rotax 912UL52-01, 100 hp, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Chesapeake Sport Pilot
- Registered owner
- PT Aviation LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Special light-sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 22, 2023 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- W29 · Stevensville, MD
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- 27MD · Myles Landing, runway 30, 3,250 × 50 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Private, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Unknown
- Last flight review
- May 20, 2022
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 1,381 total · 172 in this make and model · 1,303 as pilot in command · 85 in the last 90 days · 21 in the last 30 days
- Role
- Student pilot
- Age
- 42
- Injuries
- None
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 5 total · 5 in this make and model · 5 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.04 inHg
- Observed at
- KESN, 19 nm away
- METAR
- METAR KESN 121845Z 17004KT 10SM CLR 07/M02 A3004
Docket · 5
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 23, 2023, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.8 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N562TU · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.