# Incident 20090724017879I: Diamon DA20C1, Indianapolis, IN, July 24, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2009, 18:15 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Eagle Creek Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8307° N, 86.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (EYE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8307&lon=-86.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979DC-2018-02-15) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 52 total, 52 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090724017879I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON JULY 24,2009 THIS AIRCRAFT WAS ON A PERSONAL FLIGHT FROM GOSHEN MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KGSH) TO EAGLE CREEK AIRPARK (KEYE).  AT KEYE THE PILOT ESTABLISHED AN APPROACH TO RUNWAY 3 AND LANDED WITH A REPORTED 5 KNOT TAILWIND.  AIRCRAFT INITIALLY TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED, THEN MADE A SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING.  NOSE LANDING GEAR AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N979DC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20150119000499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150119000499A), Jan 19, 2015: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N979DC), Shipshewanna, IN, Substantial damage. Pilot stated that he had departed from goshen airport (gsh) for pattern work and then he flew to elkhart airport (ekm) to do more pattern work. He then went…

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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