# Incident 20080501846959I: Diamon DA20C1, Cleveland, OH, May 1, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2008, 14:00 local time
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Airport: Burke Lakefront
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5179° N, 81.6826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BURKE LAKEFRONT (BKL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5179&lon=-81.6826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N373AM) (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: 102 total, 20 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080501846959I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRMAN (STUDENT PILOT) CROSSED THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD ABOVE 1.3 VSO, INITIATED THE FLAIR IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BALLOON IN GROUND EFFECT. AIRMAN PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD TO ARREST THE BALLOONING AND CONTINUE THE LANDING SEQUENCE, SUBSEQUENTLY STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N373AM (2)

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

- [Accident 20250215002709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250215002709A), Feb 15, 2025: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N373AM), Culpepper, VA, Substantial damage. That morning of the flight, before departure from khef, the student's flight instructor endorsed and signed his solo cross country to another airport. At the…
- [Incident 20120110000599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120110000599I), Jan 10, 2012: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1 (N373AM), Salem, OH, Minor damage. While practicing a landing, rollout, and takeoff on rwy 28, a crosswind was encountered. This pushed the a/c to the left and caused it to make brief contact…

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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