# Accident 20100327030059A: Diamond Air DA 20-C1, Chesapeake, VA, March 27, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2010, 16:30 local time
- Place: Chesapeake, VA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6594° N, 76.3189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6594&lon=-76.3189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N552MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N552MA) (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: DIAMOND AIR DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 97 total, 2 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100327030059A

## Narrative

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

THE LOW TIME PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT.  IN THE LANDING FLAIR, THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH ALL THREE WHEELS SIMULTANEOUSLY.  THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO BOUNCE BACK INTO THE AIR.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT; HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN. THE PILOT FINALLY ADDED POWER TO THE ENGINE THROTTLE FOR A GO-AROUND BUT STALLED THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE TIRE/STRUT ALONG WITH THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND WERE DAMAGED.

## 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 ERA10CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA196), Mar 27, 2010: Diamond DA20 (N552MA), Chesapeake, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.

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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