# Accident 20090613009959A: Diamon DA40, West Chester, PA, June 13, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 2009, 08:30 local time
- Place: West Chester, PA
- Airport: Brandywine Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9900° N, 75.5819° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9900&lon=-75.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N659PS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N659PS-2013-06-12) (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: LYC IO360M1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 12 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA341) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090613009959A

## Narrative

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

(-23) CFI WILLIAM KING STATED AIRCRAFT N659PS LANDING ON RUNWAY 09 AT BRANDWINE AIRPORT, PA LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED SEVERAL FEET IN THE AIR.  FULL POWER WAS DELAYED BY STUDENT PILOT AFTER CFI ANNOUNCED FULL POWER.  AIRCRAFT DRIFTED TO LEFT OF RUNWAY IN A IMMINENT FULL POWER STALL AND IMPACTED GROUND AND SEVERAL TREES WITH LEFT WING (APPROX 800 FT DOWN RUNWAY).  THE AIRCRAFT THEN SPUN 180 DEGREES IMPACTING RIGHT WING WITH THREE TREES AND CAME TO REST APPROX 300 FT FROM 1ST IMPACT WITH TREES.  AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROX 1100 FT FROM TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 09 TO PLACE OF REST.

## 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 ERA09CA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09CA341), Jun 13, 2009: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N659PS), West Chester, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

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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