# Accident 20090514007959A: Diamon DA20C1, Olathe, KS, May 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2009, 12:15 local time
- Place: Olathe, KS
- Airport: Johnson County Executive
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8219° N, 94.7344° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8219&lon=-94.7344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N926AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N926AF) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 215 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA300) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090514007959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON RETURN FROM A LOCAL SOLO FLIGHT IN THE PRACTICE AREA CONDUCTED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT PILOT, WAS PRACTICING LANDINGS AT JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (OJC) RUNWAY 18.  ON HIS SECOND TOUCH-AND-GO LANDING, HE FLARED HIGH AND LANDED HARD, PORPOISING AND STRIKING THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE.  HE INCREASED POWER TO TAKEOFF AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET AGL WHERE HE STATED THAT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED AND STOPPED.  HE LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD, STRIKING SOME TREES IN THE OPEN FIELD SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.  HE STATED THAT DURING HIS PREFLIGHT HE CHECKED THE FUEL LEVEL WTH A DIPSTICK WHICH INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 20 GALLONS OF FUEL ONBOARD AND THAT THE FUEL GAUGE AGREED.

## 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 CEN09CA300](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA300), May 14, 2009: Diamond DA20 (N926AF), Olathe, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper landing flare and recovery from a bounced landing, as well as his improper decision to continue the takeoff after striking the propeller on the runway.

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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