# Accident 20071124827849A: Diamon DA20C1, Mesa, AZ, November 24, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2007, 15:30 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4191D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4191D-2016-05-02) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 58 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX08CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071124827849A

## Narrative

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

(-23) STUDENT HAD A HARD LANDING WHILE PERFORMING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN LEFT THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A TAXIWAY SIGN. A COMBINATION OF THE HARD LANDING AND THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRIKING THE TAXIWAY SIGN CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. STUDENT ADMITS RESPONSIBILITY, UNDERSTANDING HE SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED A GO-AROUND WHEN HE REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE HIS INTENDED TOUCHDOWN POINT. BLOCK 3 VS. BLOCKS 36 & 37, DATES ARE CORRECT. A FEW DAYS AFTER THIS OCCURRED, THE SCHOOL'S MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL DISCOVERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE INSIDE THE FUSELAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX08CA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08CA031), Nov 24, 2007: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-20-C1 (N4191D), Mesa, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: the student pilot's failure to maintain the proper glide path and misjudged flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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