Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA N619LM

Summary

On 7 May 2011 at about 16:15 local time, a Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA registered N619LM, operated by Albert Arena, was involved in an accident near Stevensville, Maryland, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

7 May 2011 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Stevensville, Maryland, United States

Nearest airport

Bay Bridge Airport (W29)

Coordinates

38.9764, -76.3294

Aircraft

Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2002 SIERRA

Registration

N619LM

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Albert Arena

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stevensville → Stevensville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA11CA304

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing, and the flight instructor's lack of remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the flight instructor, the student pilot was landing with the airplane trimmed for an approach airspeed of 62 knots and configured with approximately one-half flaps. About 15 to 20 feet above the runway, with no prestall indication or buffeting noted, the airplane suddenly dropped, then impacted the runway. The airplane veered off the left side of the runway, and the right wing was substantially damaged when it impacted a precision approach path indicator stanchion. The flight instructor did not report any preexisting mechanical anomalies with the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.