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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · Fort Wayne, IN · June 24, 2005

Date
June 24, 2005 · 08:00 local
Place
Fort Wayne, IN
Airport
Smith Field Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N476DC
Reported as
Diamon DA20C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Student pilots first solo. He landed hard bounced several times and applied power for a go around. He did not know the aircraft was damaged until he had shut down the engine. CFI was not in the aircraft when the incident happened.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOTS FIRST SOLO. HE LANDED HARD BOUNCED SEVERAL TIMES AND APPLIED POWER FOR A GO AROUND. HE DID NOT KNOW THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED UNTIL HE HAD SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. CFI WAS NOT IN THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE INCIDENT HAPPENED.