Accident Socata TB10 Tobago EC-FTG,
ASN logo
ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269629
 
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information. If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.

Date:Thursday 28 October 2021
Time:13:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic TOBA model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Socata TB10 Tobago
Owner/operator:Adventia European Aviation College S.A.
Registration: EC-FTG
MSN: 1570
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Salamanca Airport -   Spain
Phase: Landing
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Salamanca Airport
Destination airport:Salamanca Airport
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The SOCATA TB-10 aircraft with registration EC-FTG suffered an accident during landing at Salamanca Airport during an instruction flight with the student pilot as the only occupant on board.
After completing the training flight, the aircraft returned to the airport and at the moment of landing the nose gear collapsed. As a result, the aircraft slid down the runway for several meters until it came to a stop.
Significant damage was caused to the propeller, the main nose gear and the engine mount.
The pilot was unhurt.

Causes / Contributing Factors
The probable cause of the accident is considered to be the improper execution of the landing, which led to an abrupt impact of the nose gear with the runway.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: CIAIAC
Report number: A-051/2021
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year 1 month
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.mitma.es/organos-colegiados/ciaiac/investigacion/2021/a-051-2021

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
7 August 2003 EC-FTG Adventia European Aviation College S.A. 0 Salamanca-Matacán Airport, Salamanca min
Forced landing

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Nov-2021 11:34 harro Added
17-Nov-2021 11:34 harro Updated [Aircraft type]
17-Nov-2021 11:39 harro Updated [Departure airport]

Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description

The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:

CONNECT WITH US: FSF on social media FSF Facebook FSF Twitter FSF Youtube FSF LinkedIn FSF Instagram

©2024 Flight Safety Foundation

1920 Ballenger Av, 4th Fl.
Alexandria, Virginia 22314
www.FlightSafety.org