N4445T Costruzioni Aeronautiche Tecna P2006T accident

NTSB ERA21LA303 · 2021-07-23 · Clearwater, FL · near CLW

Docket — crew, injuries and powerplant

Factual narrative

The flight instructor reported that they were number two to land and the student, a private pilot, began to configure the airplane for landing. The instructor became distracted with a departing airplane and another airplane on short final and as a result, the landing gear was never confirmed to be extended prior to touch down and they landed with the gear retracted, which resulted in substantial damage to the lower fuselage. The operator reported there were no mechanical deficiencies that contributed to the accident.

Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to extend the landing gear prior to landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision to confirm the landing gear was extended. The National Transportation Safety Board determined the probable cause of this accident.

Circumstances

Event type

Accident

Highest injury

None

Weather conditions

Visual Meteorological Cond

Light condition

Day

Sky condition

BKN

Ceiling (ft)

2400

Visibility (sm)

10

Wind direction

300

Wind speed (kt)

4

Temperature (F)

82

Nearest airport

CLEARWATER AIR PARK

Distance from field

0.0

Airport elevation

71

Aircraft

Sequence of events

Findings