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Englewood, CO
During the student pilot’s initial takeoff, the airplane would not climb or maintain a climbing attitude, so the instructor took control of the airplane, retracted the flaps, and reduced the attitude in order to gain airspeed. Due to the loss of engine power, the instructor turned to land on another runway, but the airplane descended and impacted a taxiway sign. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage, and the engine separated from the airplane. Because the wreckage was sold and moved before examination by the National Transportation Safety Board, investigators could not rule out a mechanical malfunction, and the reason of the loss of climb performance could not be determined.
The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons, because the airplane wreckage was sold and relocated before the engine could be examined.
On February 21, 2019, about 1430 mountain standard time, a Tecnam P92, N108TE, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado. The flight instructor was seriously injured, and the student pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. According to the flight instructor, during the student pilot’s initial climb from runway 35, the airplane would not climb or maintain a climbing attitude. The instructor took control of the airplane, retracted the flaps, and reduced the attitude to gain airspeed. Due to the loss of engine power, the instructor turned to land on runway 10. During the turn, the airplane descended rapidly and impacted a taxiway sign, resulting in substantial damage to the fuselage and separation of the engine from the airplane. The wreckage was sold and moved by the insurance company before a thorough examination by investigators. The wreckage was subsequently exported to Brazil and further information about the airplane could not be obtained.