# Incident 19990903032269I: Diamon DA20A1, Spanish Fork, UT, September 3, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1999, 15:25 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport: Spanish Fork Springville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N846DF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N846DF-2000-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1 (registry code 2990000, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20A1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 27 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990903032269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 09-03-99, MR. MATTHEW B. RIX (A STUDENT) TOOK OFF ON AN AUTHORIZED SOLO FLIGHT WHERE HE PLANNED TO STAY IN THE LOCAL AREA. DURING THE FLIGHT, THE STUDENT NOTICED A WEATHER CELL MOVING NORTH EAST FROM HIS LOCATION.  THE STUDENT CALLED CEDAR CITY FLIGHT SERVICE STATION TO VERIFY WEATHER MOVEMENT AND DECIDED TO FLY SOUTH IN ORDER TO WAIT FOR THE CELL TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.  DURING THE WAIT, A INSTRUCTORS/DISPATCHERS TOLD THE STUDENT TO LAND AT THE SPANISH FORK AIRPORT.  DURING LANDING, THE STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN NOSE FIRST DAMAGING THE AIRCRAFT.  A WITNESS INDICATED THE WINDS WERE QUITE CALM AND IT APPEARED THE STUDENT LANDED NOSE FIRST DAMAGING THE PROPELLER.

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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