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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Mesa, AZ · May 5, 2011

Date
May 5, 2011 · 14:45 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Fld
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision
Collision on the ground
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N4110R
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240-B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
71 total71 in this make and model46 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.

Student pilot was taxiing into the ramp and was performing his after landing checklist and struck an airplane parked on the ramp. Damage to propellers of both aircraft. Minor skin damage. Damage to fairings.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT WAS TAXIING INTO THE RAMP AND WAS PERFORMING HIS AFTER LANDING CHECKLIST AND STRUCK AN AIRPLANE PARKED ON THE RAMP.DAMAGE TO PROPELLERS OF BOTH AIRCRAFT. MINOR SKIN DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO FAIRINGS.