# NTSB GAA20CA091: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004, N639BV, Apopka, FL, October 24, 2019

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: October 24, 2019, 09:30 local (13:30 UTC)
- Place: Apopka, FL
- Coordinates: 28.7075, -81.581947 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.7075&lon=-81.5819&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 2020
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Parties: FAA
- NTSB case key (mKey): 100619
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA20CA091
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/100619/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100619
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA20CA091

## Probable cause

The student pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in a hard, bounced landing and subsequent nose-over.

## 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 · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/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: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 3 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 2 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=060001M), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The solo student pilot reported that, while conducting a touch-and-go landing, the airplane was 5 to 10 knots faster than normal during the landing and had little to no flare. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, bounced, and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The student reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Factual narrative

The solo student pilot reported that, while conducting a touch-and-go landing, the airplane was 5 to 10 knots faster than normal during the landing and had little to no flare. The airplane touched down hard on the runway, bounced and nosed over. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing and vertical stabilizer. The student pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N639BV](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N639BV-2021-05-22), registration cancelled 2021-05-22, S/N 115, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2004 (BRAVO)
- Registry model: [Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO](https://openairdocs.org/model/costruzioni-aeronautiche-tecna-p2004-bravo) (registry code 060001M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Rotax 912ULS series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (registry code 55572, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 115
- Year built: 2007
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Adam Valencic
- Registered owner: Adam Valencic
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Departed: X04, Apopka, FL
- Destination: X04, Apopka, FL
- Airport: X04, Orlando Apopka, runway 33, 3,987 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment: Unknown

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Student pilot; age 24; injuries: none; student; medical: class 1, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 30.12 inHg
- Observed at: KLEE, 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 20191024024039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191024024039A), Oct 24, 2019: Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2004 BRAVO, Apopka, FL, Destroyed. Student pilot was on the 3rd landing of her 3rd solo flight. The PIC approached the runway at a steep angle causing the nose gear to touch the ground first.…

## Docket (3 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 4, 2020, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=100619. 17.7 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 17.5 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40481003&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Master.PDF
- Student Pilot Statement (item 2, .PDF, 146 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40481001&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Student%20Pilot%20Statement-Master.PDF
- Accident Photo (item 3, .PDF, 103 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40481002&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Accident%20Photo-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.

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