- Date
- October 5, 2023, 08:00 local (12:00 UTC)
- Place
- Chesterfield, VA · NA
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N143TUCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010
- Defining event
- Landing: Hard landing
- Weather
- Not reported
- 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
- Case key
- 193275
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Probable cause
A hard landing that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing.
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
During a maintenance event, a mechanic was asked to evaluate damage to the airplane’s right wing. Further inspection of the right wing and its internal components revealed that the rear wing spar was cracked, and several wing skin rivets had sheared. The right wing strut and right main landing gear strut were also bent. The flight club that operated the airplane reported that 22 pilots had flown the airplane in the recent past and no pilot admitted to any significant event during landing. The substantial damage to the right wing was likely the result of a hard landing; however, due to the several flights flown with the damage, the investigation was not able to determine a specific flight during which the hard landing may have occurred.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N143TU
- Reported as
- Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010 (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 043/US
- Built
- 2016
- Airframe hours
- 1,259
- Engine
- Lycomng IO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Wing Nuts Flying Club LLC
- Registered owner
- Wing Nuts Flying Club LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 28, 2023
- Airport
- FCI · Richmond Exec-Chesterfield County
- Equipment
- Data recorder, Auto-pilot, ADS-B, Stall warning system, Onboard weather, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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.
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Observed at
- Unknown
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 22, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 2.3 MB in all.