# Incident 20040111001909I: Diamon DA20C1, Columbus, GA, January 11, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 2004, 15:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, GA
- Airport: Columbus Metropolitan
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4610° N, 84.9877° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, GA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4610&lon=-84.9877&mi=10
- Aircraft: N270MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N270MA-2011-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 34 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040111001909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JANUARY 11, 2004, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 EST, A STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING A DA-20 AIRCRAFT, N270MA, ON HIS LONG SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT. FIRST LEG WAS FROM FALCON FIELD (FFC) TO COLUMBUS, GEORGIA (CSG). AFTER SEVERAL RUNWAY CHANGES AND A REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED APPROACH BY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, THE PILOT BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT WITH SUFFICIENT FORCE TO DAMAGE THE NOSE GEAR AND THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT DID NOT KNOW OF THE DAMAGE UNTIL ARRIVING AT THE FBO.

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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