20090518008209A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · San Antonio, TX · May 18, 2009

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Date: May 18, 2009 · 18:49 local
Place: San Antonio, TX
Airport: Stinson Municipal
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator: Y08S
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N169PA
Reported as: Diamon DA20C1
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 475 total22 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

N169PARegistration cancelled Jul 6, 2017 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0270 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1

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What happened

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(-23) Pilot (flight instructor) was demonstrating crosswind landings, in a/c N169PA, an diamond DA-20,. Acft rolled left over the runway dropping the left wing impacting the runway, rolled right over the runway beyond 90 degrees and finally rolled left down towards the left side of runway 14. Landing gear nose collapsed on impact. Firewall cracked, cockpit floor composites cracked, left aileron bent.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT (FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) WAS DEMONSTRATING CROSSWIND LANDINGS, IN A/C N169PA, AN DIAMOND DA-20,. ACFT ROLLED LEFT OVER THE RUNWAY DROPPING THE LEFT WING IMPACTING THE RUNWAY, ROLLED RIGHT OVER THE RUNWAY BEYOND 90 DEGREES AND FINALLY ROLLED LEFT DOWN TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 14. LANDING GEAR NOSE COLLAPSED ON IMPACT. FIREWALL CRACKED, COCKPIT FLOOR COMPOSITES CRACKED, LEFT AILERON BENT.