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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA 42 · Scottsdale, AZ · October 18, 2008

Date: October 18, 2008 · 13:15 local
Place: Scottsdale, AZ
Airport: Scottsdale
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N197TS
Reported as: Diamon DA42
Reported engine: THIELT TAE12501
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,269 total59 in this make and model117 in the last 90 days

N197TSRegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42S/N 42.AC001 · Built 2006 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 Engine modelThielert TAE-125-01Reciprocating

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) The pilot flying, privacy data omitted, who is rated and current in the DA-42, was performing touch and go landings in the sdl traffic pattern. The pilot flying failed to lower the landing gear. The CFI providing instruction for the multiengine instructor rating, privacy data omitted, failed to notice the error or take corrective action resulting in a gear up landing. The instructor privacy data omitted is also current in the DA-42.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT FLYING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WHO IS RATED AND CURRENT IN THE DA-42, WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS IN THE SDL TRAFFIC PATTERN. THE PILOT FLYING FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR. THE CFI PROVIDING INSTRUCTION FOR THE MULTIENGINE INSTRUCTOR RATING, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, FAILED TO NOTICE THE ERROR OR TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS ALSO CURRENT IN THE DA-42.