# Incident 20090409009209I: Diamon DA40, Bessemer, AL, April 9, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2009, 11:45 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA40
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090409009209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT REPORTED AN ALTERNATOR FAILURE LIGHT WHILE IN MANEUVERING FLIGHT 8 NM WEST OF SHELBY COUNTY AIRPORT.  PILOT CHOSE TO RETURN TO BESSEMER AIRPORT AND PERFORM A 180 DEGREE POWER-OFF LANDING.  DURING THE LANDING EVENT PILOT REPORTED A RAPID DECAY IN MOMENTUM AND ANNOUNCED A GO AROUND.  DESPITE THE APPLICATION OF POWER THE AIRCRAFT DESCENDED FROM APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET AND CONTACTED RUNWAY SURFACE WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, RIGHT WING TIP AND TAIL OF AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AILERON, RIGHT WING TIP FAIRING AND EMPENAGE STRIKE PLATE.  AN AIRCRAFT HARD LANDING INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AND NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED.

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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