Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO SUPER N323BR

Summary

On 1 February 2016 at about 16:15 local time, a Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO SUPER registered N323BR, operated by Houston LightSport Aviation, LLC, was involved in an accident near Arcola, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

1 February 2016 at 16:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Arcola, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Houston Southwest (KAXH)

Coordinates

29.5069, -95.4775

Aircraft

Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P92 ECHO SUPER

Registration

N323BR

Category

Airplane

Year built

2006

Engines

1

Operator

Houston LightSport Aviation, LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houston → Houston

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN16FA094

1 person died.

The student pilot's loss of control after exceeding the airplane's critical angle-of-attack, which lead to a power-on, aerodynamic departure stall. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate oversight of the student pilot.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor and a student pilot, who had flown about 5 flight hours with the instructor, were conducting an instructional flight in the light sport airplane. The student pilot reported that he was conducting the takeoff with the instructor assisting, and about 200 ft. above ground level, the airplane began to drift off the runway centerline. The student said that he attempted to correct, but it felt like the airplane was losing engine power and the nose was dropping. He added that he was pulling back on the controls and that the instructor was also pulling back, in an attempt to recover. A witness reported seeing the airplane climbing after takeoff in a nose high attitude when the left wing dropped, and the airplane entered a descending left turn. The airplane then impacted two parked airplanes on a ramp adjacent to a parallel taxiway. A postcrash fire consumed the majority of the airplane. Due to the fire damage, only a limited examination could be conducted; however, no preimpact abnormities were noted with the engine and airframe. The circumstances of the accident are consistent with a power-on departure stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.