# NTSB GAA16CA094: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 Eaglet, N112TE, Chesapeake, VA, January 1, 2016 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: January 1, 2016, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC) - Place: Chesapeake, VA - Coordinates: 36.778888, -76.445556 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7789&lon=-76.4456&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) - Highest injury: Minor injuries - Injuries: 1 minor - Status: Completed, report March 14, 2016 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents - Parties: Federal Aviation Administration - NTSB case key (mKey): 92527 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA16CA094 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/92527/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92527 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA16CA094 ## Probable cause The pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff which resulted in impact with the ground. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [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 P92 EAGLET, 7 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 9,308 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 6 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 3,969 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. - [Takeoff: Loss of control in flight](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 5,010 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/240/sequence.md) - [Takeoff: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=0600045), [All aircraft, 10,154 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings in the airport traffic pattern. He made one trip in the airport traffic pattern and touched down on the runway. After touching down, he applied full power to take off and the airplane veered and banked to the left. The pilot further reported that the left wing impacted the ground when the airplane was about 20 to 30 feet above the ground. The airplane rotated around the wing and impacted the ground off the left side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, firewall, and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Factual narrative The pilot reported that he was practicing touch-and-go landings in the airport traffic pattern. He made one trip in the airport traffic pattern and touched down on the runway. After touching down, he applied full power to take off and the airplane veered and banked to the left. The pilot further reported that the left wing impacted the ground when the airplane was about 20 to 30 feet above the ground. The airplane rotated around the wing and impacted the ground off the left side of the runway. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, firewall, and both wings. The pilot reported that there were no preimpact mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airframe or engine that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N112TE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N112TE-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 1120, built 2007 (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 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 1120 - Year built: 2007 - Airframe hours: 833.27 - Engines: ROTAX 912ULS 98 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Operator: Broad Reach Corp., doing business as Curtis Eads Flight School - Registered owner: Mid Atlantic Air Ventures Inc - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Special light-sport (Special) - Last inspection: 100 hour, December 22, 2015 - Departed: PVG, CHESAPEAKE, VA - Destination: PVG, CHESAPEAKE, VA - Airport: PVG, Hampton Roads Executive, runway 28, 5,350 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: Stall warning system, Handheld GPS ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; injuries: minor; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; last flight review December 11, 2014; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 115 total, 5.9 in this make and model, 57.5 as pilot in command, 1.5 in the last 90 days, 0.5 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 310° at 3 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft broken - Temperature: 50 °F, dew point 41 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: KPVG ## 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 20160101000089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160101000089A), Jan 1, 2016: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 EAGLET, Chesapeake, VA, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing landings at pvg runway 28. Upon second approach aircraft experienced a hard landing causing aircraft to porpoise then bank left. The left… ## Docket (4 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 8, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=92527. 1.8 MB in all. - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (Pilot) (item 1, .PDF, 326 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437480&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20(Pilot)-Master.PDF - Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (Operator) (item 2, .PDF, 853 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437481&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1%20(Operator)-Master.PDF - Record of Conversation (Pilot in Commad) (item 3, .PDF, 39 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437482&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Record%20of%20Conversation%20(Pilot%20in%20Commad)-Master.PDF - Photos (item 4, .PDF, 546 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40437483&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photos-Master.PDF From the NTSB's public API. 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