# Accident 20061110023309A: Diamon DA20C1, Raleigh-Durham, NC, November 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 10, 2006, 09:17 local time
- Place: Raleigh-Durham, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N109WA-2007-05-05) (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 flight hours: 290 total, 60 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061110023309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCORDING TO RDU TOWER, AIRCRAFT WAS HIGH ON APPROACH AND ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT RDU AIRPORT. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT, PORPOISING DOWN THE RUNWAY. HE ATTEMPTED TO GO-AROUND, BUT THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED NEAR THE END OF RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST ON TAXIWAY C NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH C-1. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, BUT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. PILOT PROVIDED INFORMATION FOR THIS REPORT, BUT REFUSED TO GIVE STATEMENT AS TO WHAT HAPPENED, UNTIL AFTER HE SPEAKS TO HIS LAWYER. WILL UPDATE REPORT WHEN, AND IF, STATEMENT FROM PILOT RECEIVED. AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY DILLON AVIATION OUT OF FAY ON LEASEBACK FROM WA AIR, LLC.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N109WA (1)

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

- [Incident 20010929026809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010929026809I), Sep 29, 2001: Diamon DA20C1 (N109WA), Heber, UT, Minor damage. (-23) On landing porpoised 4 times then executed go around. Upon landing it was discovered that propeller tips were damaged.

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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