- Date
- May 12, 2021, 14:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Truckee, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2010PCostruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Case key
- 103202
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The pilot’s improper flare during a landing attempt in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a bounced landing and impact with the ground.
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 pilot reported that, she had returned to her departure airport after completing about 20 practice landings at a nearby airport. During her first attempt to land she noted that the crosswind was too strong and decided to initiate a go-around. The wind direction had changed, so she selected a runway that favored the new wind direction. However, during the landing attempt she encountered “wind shear” just before the airplane touched down. The airplane landed on the main landing gear, bounced and impacted the ground hard, which resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2010P
- Reported as
- Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2010
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 112/US
- Built
- 2020
- Airframe hours
- 112.3
- Engine
- Lycoming 390, 215 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tecnam P2010 LLC
- Registered owner
- Tecnam P2010 LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- TRK · Truckee, CA
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- TRK · Truckee-Tahoe, runway 02/20, 4,654 × 75 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Onboard weather, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, 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
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 1, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 26, 2021
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 108 total · 11 in this make and model · 41 as pilot in command · 59 in the last 90 days · 24 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- November 14, 2019
- Seat
- Right
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,958 total · 72 in this make and model · 1,818 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.20 inHg
- Observed at
- KTRK
- METAR
- METAR KTRK 122050Z AUTO 16004G17KT 10SM SKC 23/M07 A3020=