# Incident 20040710012009I: Diamon DA20C1, Whitsett, NC, July 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2004, 10:50 local time
- Place: Whitsett, NC
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0827° N, 79.5698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whitsett, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0827&lon=-79.5698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143MA) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 80 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710012009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED GSO AIRPORT AT 1004 EDT, WITH HIS SON AS THE ONLY OTHER OCCUPANT OF THE DA-20-C1 DIAMOND "ECLIPSE" AIRCRAFT. HE WAS ON A 14 CFR PART 91 VFR FLIGHT. HE EXECUTED A COUPLE PRACTICE SHORT FIELD LANDINGS AT THE BUY AIRPORT IN ANTICIPATION OF CONTINUING TO A SHORT PRIVATE, GRASS ULTRALIGHT STRIP (#157) THREE MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF WHITTSET, N.C. ON HIGHWAY 61. ON LANDING AT THAT AIRPORT, BRAKING DID NOT SEEM TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AS EXPECTED, AND WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT STOP ON THE REMAINING RUNWAY, MR. LAIN ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN-OFF AT THE END, BUT SKIDDED INTO A DITCH PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY, ALONGSIDE HIGHWAY 61. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE WHEEL SKIRT, AND SCRATCHES TO THE LEADING EDGE AND UNDERSIDE OF THE WINGS. PILOT SCRATCHED LEG CLIMBING OUT OF THE DITCH.

## Other reports on N143MA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20180513005349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180513005349A), May 13, 2018: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N143MA), Lagrange, GA, Minor damage. Flight instructor [privacy data omitted] was instruction student, [privacy data omitted] how to perform a soft field takeoff. The Diamond DA20-C1, N143MA…

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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