# Accident 20100306029299A: Diamond Air DA 20-C1, Mt Sterling, KY, March 6, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2010, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mt Sterling, KY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 38.0581° N, 83.9797° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0581&lon=-83.9797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N365DC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIR DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 27 total, 7 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA173) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100306029299A

## Narrative

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

ON 03-06-2010 AT APPROX 3:00 P.M., N365DC,A DIAMOND DA-20-C1, WAS BEING FLOWN SOLO BY A STUDENT PILOT IN THE FAR PART 141 FLIGHT PROGRAM FOR EASTERN KY UNIV. ACCORDING TO THE STUDENT PILOT, SHE WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FROM RICHMOND - MT STERLING - LONDON AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE A TOUCH AND GO AT (IOB) MT STERLING.  WHEN MAKING THE TOUCH AND GO AT (IOB), SHE APPLIED POWER AFTER TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 3 AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OF THE RUNWAY AND SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO CORRECT IN TIME, AIRCRAT CONTINUED LEFT, WENT ACROSS A TAXIWAY AND INTO GRASS, NOSE GEAR WAS TORN OFF AND PROP CONTACTED GROUND THEN CAME APART, AIRCRAFT SLID ACROSS PARALLEL TAXIWAY, STOPPING SHORT OF RAMP ON IT'S NOSE.  NO INJURIES OCCURRED. WIND WAS CALM AND IT WAS DRY, SO WEATHER DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A FACTOR.

## 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 ERA10CA173](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA173), Mar 6, 2010: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 (N365DC), Mount Sterling, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during a touch-and-go.

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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