36.7477° N, 119.7724° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 5, 2011 · 11:30 local
Place
Fresno, CA
Airport
Chandler
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N392MA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
136 total4 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The piolt stated "aprroach looked good, on airspeed with a calm surface wind. The nose touched down quicker than expected causing the plane to porpoise. The initial bounce did not seem high enough to warrant a go-around." The pilot did not realize the prop had struck the runway until deplaning. Witness states 3rd bounce was hard with the r wing low.
As the FAA filed it
THE PIOLT STATED "APRROACH LOOKED GOOD, ON AIRSPEED WITH A CALM SURFACE WIND. THE NOSE TOUCHED DOWN QUICKER THAN EXPECTED CAUSING THE PLANE TO PORPOISE. THE INITIAL BOUNCE DID NOT SEEM HIGH ENOUGH TO WARRANT A GO-AROUND." THE PILOT DID NOT REALIZE THE PROP HAD STRUCK THE RUNWAY UNTIL DEPLANING. WITNESS STATES 3RD BOUNCE WAS HARD WITH THE R WING LOW.