# Incident 20110505006979I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Fresno, CA, May 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2011, 11:30 local time
- Place: Fresno, CA
- Airport: Chandler
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7477° N, 119.7724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fresno, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7477&lon=-119.7724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392MA (not matched to a registry record)
- 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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 136 total, 4 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110505006979I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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