# Accident 20080928853199A: Diamon DA42, Lancaster, PA, September 28, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2008, 18:10 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1217° N, 76.2961° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1217&lon=-76.2961&mi=10
- Aircraft: N482TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N482TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-02-99 (registry code 59302, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-02-99) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA42
- Reported engine: THIELT TAE1250299
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080928853199A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED COCKPIT INDICATIONS WERE NORMAL. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLLOUT. POST ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS BENT SLIGHTLY OUTWARD AND UP. THE LEFT FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING FUEL. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY HAD PENETRATED UP THROUGH THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SPLIT FROM THE TIP, HALFWAY TO THE WINDSCREEN, AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEPERATED FROM THE MAIN FUSELAGE CRADLE ASSEMBLY. BOTH PROPELLERS (BLADES) WERE DESTROYED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ BRIEFED THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND REPORTED THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLARED TOO EARLY AND IT STOPPED FLYING APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 FEET ABOVE THE RUNWAY, AND SUBSEQUENTLY HAD A HARD LANDING. THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

## 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 MIA08LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08LA205), Sep 28, 2008: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA42 (N482TS), Lancaster, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident airplane make and model.

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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