# Incident 20110415006769I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Morristown, NJ, April 15, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 2011, 11:20 local time
- Place: Morristown, NJ
- Airport: Morristown Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7993° N, 74.4149° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MORRISTOWN MUNI (MMU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7993&lon=-74.4149&mi=10
- Aircraft: N104JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N104JA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 700 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110415006769I

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATED THE FOLLOWING, DURING LANDING AFTER COMPLETING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT HE WAS AT THE CONTROLS AND ENCOUNTERED A CROSSWIND DURING LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT HAND WING DIPPED AND THE WING TIP AND AILERON CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED AS FOLLOWS, THE LEFT HAND WING TIP LOWER SURFACE HAD SCRAPE MARKS AND THE STATIC WICK WAS GROUND DOWN AND MISSING. THE LEFT HAND AILERON LOWER OUTBOARD SURFACE WAS DAMAGED AND THE COMPOSITE MATERIAL WAS GROUND DOWN THROUGH TO THE UPPER SURFACE.

## Other reports on N104JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20091011050219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091011050219I), Oct 11, 2009: Diamond Air DA 40 (N104JA), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. Student pilot was practicing takeoffs and landings and during the landing touched down hard allowing nose of aircraft to contact runway before the main wheels,…

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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