20090516006369A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamon DA 40 · Norwood, MA · May 16, 2009

Date
May 16, 2009 · 15:00 local
Place
Norwood, MA
Airport
Norwood Memorial
Phase of flight
Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N323JT
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA09LA295
Reported as
Diamon DA40
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
16 total16 in this make and model16 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) privacy data omitted was on his first solo flight. He was being watched by his instructor pilot, privacy data omitted. privacy data omitted Stated it was a normal landing as did privacy data omitted. At landing the right main collapsed yawing the aircraft to the and causing significant damage to the right wing. Investigation of the plane showed damage to the underside of the right wing at the attach point to the wing and fuselage. Additionally the top of the right wing has a 8 inch long crack in the composite running perpendicular to the fuselage. The nose gear strut appears to be slightly bent as well.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. HE WAS BEING WATCHED BY HIS INSTRUCTOR PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED IT WAS A NORMAL LANDING AS DID ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AT LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED YAWING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE AND CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING. INVESTIGATION OF THE PLANE SHOWED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING AT THE ATTACH POINT TO THE WING AND FUSELAGE. ADDITIONALLY THE TOP OF THE RIGHT WING HAS A 8 INCH LONG CRACK IN THE COMPOSITE RUNNING PERPENDICULAR TO THE FUSELAGE. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT APPEARS TO BE SLIGHTLY BENT AS WELL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.