20060510008569I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · Fresno, CA · May 10, 2006

Date
May 10, 2006 · 10:00 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Fresno-Chandler Downtown Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N992CT
Reported as
Diamon DA20C1
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total18 in this make and model18 in the last 90 days

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 pilot was on a solo cross country from kmer to kfch. Upon initial landing at kfch, student made a hard landing striking the propeller on the runway. The student pilot reported that he did not know he hit the propeller and continued his flight back to kmer. The aircraft did not climb well and the student pilot could only maintain 2500 ft MSL on the way back to kmer. The student pilot reported no vibrations or noises that would indicate a problem with the aircraft. The aircraft received minor damage to the propeller.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT WAS ON A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FROM KMER TO KFCH. UPON INITIAL LANDING AT KFCH, STUDENT MADE A HARD LANDING STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW HE HIT THE PROPELLER AND CONTINUED HIS FLIGHT BACK TO KMER. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB WELL AND THE STUDENT PILOT COULD ONLY MAINTAIN 2500 FT MSL ON THE WAY BACK TO KMER. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO VIBRATIONS OR NOISES THAT WOULD INDICATE A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.

Other reports on N992CT · 2

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