# Incident 20110505010761I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Mesa, AZ, May 5, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2011, 14:45 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4110R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4110R-2026-04-07) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 71 total, 71 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110505010761I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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