# Incident 20100224027899I: Diamond Air DA 20-C1, Mesa, AZ, February 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 24, 2010, 11:31 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4119B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4119B) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIR DA 20-C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 14 total, 14 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100224027899I

## Narrative

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

THIS WAS THE STUDENT PILOTS FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO AFTER SOME PRACTICE LANDINGS WITH HIS INSTRUCTOR JUST PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT.  THE STUDENT HAD ADVISED THE CONTROL TOWER AT FALCON AIRPORT IN MESA, AZ THAT THIS WAS THE STUDENTS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT.  AFTER A SUCCESSFUL FIRST LANDING ON RUNWAY 22R, ALTHOUGH NOT INSTRUCTED TO BY THE CONTROL TOWER TO EXECUTE OR  EXPECT A TURN AT BRAVO, THE PILOT MADE THE DECISION TO TURN AT THE BRAVO TAXIWAY BUT WAS CARRYING EXCESSIVE SPEED.  AFTER ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A HARD RIGHT TURN FROM RUNWAY 22R ONTO TAXIWAY BRAVO, THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO HOLD THE TRACK AND STRUCK THE RUNWAY MARKER SIGN LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BRAVO AND DELTA TAXIWAYS.  AS A RESULT THE PROPELLER WAS DESTROYED RESULTING IN A SUDDEN STOPPAGE OF THE ENGINE.  OTHER MINOR DAMAGE WAS CAUSED TO THE COWLING, NOSE GEAR AND ADJACENT AREA OF FIBERGLASS.  ALL DAMAGE WAS NON STRUCTURAL IN NATURE.  THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR OTHER GROUND PERSONNEL.

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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