20081204853989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA 40 · Kapolei, HI · December 4, 2008

Date
December 4, 2008 · 17:50 local
Place
Kapolei, HI
Airport
Kalaeloa (John Rodgers Field)
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
GMSJ
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N778DS
Reported as
Diamon DA40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360M1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
27 total27 in this make and model27 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 flying on his 5th solo flight entered traffic at jrf with the intent to land and terminate the flight. He had difficulty landing. After two failed attempts to land on runway 22R tower instructed him enter left traffic and land on runway 22L, which is longer. After two more failed attempts to land he was able to land on his fifth try and taxied to the refuel point. After shut down he noticed both propeller blade tips were bent.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) STUDENT FLYING ON HIS 5TH SOLO FLIGHT ENTERED TRAFFIC AT JRF WITH THE INTENT TO LAND AND TERMINATE THE FLIGHT. HE HAD DIFFICULTY LANDING. AFTER TWO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO LAND ON RUNWAY 22R TOWER INSTRUCTED HIM ENTER LEFT TRAFFIC AND LAND ON RUNWAY 22L, WHICH IS LONGER. AFTER TWO MORE FAILED ATTEMPTS TO LAND HE WAS ABLE TO LAND ON HIS FIFTH TRY AND TAXIED TO THE REFUEL POINT. AFTER SHUT DOWN HE NOTICED BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT.

Other reports on N778DS · 1

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