Skip to content

Atlas / NTSB / FTW82DA240

NTSB CAROL · Event

Event FTW82DA240

1982-06-22 DENTON, Texas, United States Airport · DTO None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N25096

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

SOCATA TB-20 TRINIDAD

Engine

LYCOMING IO-540 SER (300 hp)

Seats / Engines

4 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19891016

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A25B30

Registrant of record

GREEN AIR LLC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE STUDENT PILOT WAS A FOREIGN NATIONAL THAT WAS ON HIS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO MAKE A TOUCH-AND-GO AND THEN LAND. HE MADE A HIGH APPROACH THAT ENDED IN A BOUNCED LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT PORPOISED AND LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1982_FTW82DA240.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.