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ERA24LA013

2023-10-05 · Chesterfield, Virginia, United States · Unknown · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport FCI

Current FAA registration · N143TU

Make / Model
COSTRUZIONI AERONAUTICHE TECNA P2010
Year of manufacture
2016 · 7 years old at event
Engine
LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+ (180 hp)
Seats / Engines
4 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20170116
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A0AF91

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A hard landing that resulted in substantial damage to the airplane’s right wing.

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

FAA avdata. C = Cause, F = Factor.

  • — Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-(general)-Capability exceeded
  • — Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
  • — Not determined-Not determined-(general)-(general)-Unknown/Not determined

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2023_ERA24LA013.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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