# Incident 20100508033929I: Diamond Air DA 20-C1, Denton, TX, May 8, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2010, 08:20 local time
- Place: Denton, TX
- Airport: Denton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2148° N, 97.1331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2148&lon=-97.1331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N939AF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N939AF-2020-01-23) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 25 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100508033929I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2010, AT 0820 A DA-20, N939AF, OWNED BY US AVIATION GROUP LLC. AND OPERATED BY DANIEL HICKS WAS IN AN INCIDENT DURING TOUCH DOWN ON RUNWAY 35 AT THE DENTON AIRPORT (DTO) DURING HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT. VISUAL FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER, THE PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES. THE PILOT HOLDS AN STUDENT PILOT'S CERTIFICATE GG-264820. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT 0800 ON MAY 8, 2010 AT THE DENTON AIRPORT.

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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