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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Air DA20-C1 · Delta, UT · December 10, 2009

Date: December 10, 2009 · 14:00 local
Place: Delta, UT
Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N968CT
Reported as: Diamond Air DA 20-C1
Reported engine: Continental 0-200 series
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Student
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N968CTRegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0068 · Built 1999 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Student pilot on a supervised solo cross country experienced power loss during final approach to runway 30 at Delta, Utah. Aircraft landed short of the runway damaging one proeller blade when it struck a dirt burm. Aircraft was trucked to uvu maintennance shop wher it was ground run under FAA airworthiness observation. Unable to duplicate this failure all other perameters were satisfactory. This model aircraft has had prevous history of engine quiting with other operators nation wide.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON A SUPERVISED SOLO CROSS COUNTRY EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS DURING FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 30 AT DELTA, UTAH. AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING ONE PROELLER BLADE WHEN IT STRUCK A DIRT BURM. AIRCRAFT WAS TRUCKED TO UVU MAINTENNANCE SHOP WHER IT WAS GROUND RUN UNDER FAA AIRWORTHINESS OBSERVATION. UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THIS FAILURE ALL OTHER PERAMETERS WERE SATISFACTORY. THIS MODEL AIRCRAFT HAS HAD PREVOUS HISTORY OF ENGINE QUITING WITH OTHER OPERATORS NATION WIDE.

Other reports on N968CT · 1

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

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