# Incident 19960812032589I: Diamon DA20A1, Tulsa, OK, August 12, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1996, 17:37 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Richard Lloyd Jones Jr Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1540° N, 95.9928° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tulsa, OK, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1540&lon=-95.9928&mi=10
- Aircraft: N523SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N523SS-2002-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1 (registry code 2990000, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20A1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 460 total, 119 in this make and model, 96 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960812032589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON AUGUST 12, 1996, DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT WITH INSTRUCTOR PILOT KEVIN CLARK AND STUDENT PILOT LEONEL ROCHA, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT R.J. JONES AIRPORT IN TULSA, OK. DURING THE LANDING ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SLIDE TO THE LEFT. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT WHICH TIME THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AGAIN, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP MAKING A 180 DEGREE TURN TO THE LEFT. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIMITED TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT FLAP AND LANDING GEAR ATTACH POINT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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