What happened
On February 21, 2019, at approximately 14:30 mountain standard time, a Tecnam P92, registration N108TE, was involved in an accident near Englewood, Colorado. The aircraft was being operated by Aspen Flying Club as a Part 91 instructional flight.
During the student pilot's initial climb from runway 35, the aircraft failed to climb or maintain a climbing attitude. The flight instructor took control of the aircraft, retracted the flaps, and lowered the nose to increase airspeed. Following a loss of engine power, the instructor attempted to turn toward runway 10 for an emergency landing. During this maneuver, the aircraft descended rapidly and struck a taxiway sign. The impact caused substantial damage to the fuselage and resulted in the engine separating from the airframe.
The accident resulted in one serious injury to the flight instructor; the student pilot was not injured.