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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · Mesa, AZ · March 25, 2008

Date
March 25, 2008 · 14:00 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Fld
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
B4VS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4153W
Reported as
Diamon DA20C1
Reported engine
Continental IO240B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
15 total15 in this make and model15 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 privacy data omittedwas attempting his first solo landing in a N4153W @ kffz. The student pilot had just completed touch and go's with his instructor earlier. The student pilot set up for the landing, received instructions to land and taxi back. Upon landing the student pilot started to execute a touch and go, then remember he was instructed to land and taxi back, he ran long on runway 22R, made a hard right turn at the end of the runway and hit a taxi light with the prop. The student pilot was not injured, however the aircraft sustained a minor prop strike due to the impact with the taxi light. The aircraft engine will require replacement due to the prop strike, per engine manufacturer's instructions. The student pilot did not make an entry in the discrepancy log notating the damage to the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS ATTEMPTING HIS FIRST SOLO LANDING IN A N4153W @ KFFZ. THE STUDENT PILOT HAD JUST COMPLETED TOUCH AND GO'S WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR EARLIER. THE STUDENT PILOT SET UP FOR THE LANDING, RECEIVED INSTRUCTIONS TO LAND AND TAXI BACK. UPON LANDING THE STUDENT PILOT STARTED TO EXECUTE A TOUCH AND GO, THEN REMEMBER HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO LAND AND TAXI BACK, HE RAN LONG ON RUNWAY 22R, MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A TAXI LIGHT WITH THE PROP. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, HOWEVER THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A MINOR PROP STRIKE DUE TO THE IMPACT WITH THE TAXI LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WILL REQUIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO THE PROP STRIKE, PER ENGINE MANUFACTURER'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE STUDENT PILOT DID NOT MAKE AN ENTRY IN THE DISCREPANCY LOG NOTATING THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.