# Accident 20080908845989A: Diamon DA20C1, Pueblo, CO, September 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 8, 2008, 11:53 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.5408° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.5408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939DA-2011-06-09) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,010 total, 287 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08TA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08TA225) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080908845989A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2008, DIAMOND DA-20-C1, REGISTRATION N939DA, SERIAL NUMBER C0505, CRASHED 1/4 MILE WEST ON APPROACH END OF RUNWAY 08L, (KPUB).  AIRCRAFT WAS IN TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR TOUCH AND GOES FOLLOWING BEHIND A C-130 IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.  WINDS WERE AT 120 AT 07 KNOTS, 10 SM, BKN 025, OVC 039.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE LEFT WING BROKEN OFF AND THE FUSELAGE UP SIDE DOWN ON TOP OF THE BROKEN WING.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH TWO BROKEN LEGS AND A BROKEN ARM.  THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES TO HIS FACE.  THERE WAS NO IMPACT FIRE.

## 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 DFW08TA225](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08TA225), Sep 8, 2008: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-20-C-1 (N939DA), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's inability to maintain aircraft control due to an encounter with wake turbulence from a preceding larger aircraft. Contributing to the accident was the instructor pilot's failure…

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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