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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Beaver Falls, PA · August 30, 2011

Date
August 30, 2011 · 09:40 local
Place
Beaver Falls, PA
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
4AAS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N629DC
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
17 total17 in this make and model17 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.

08/30/2011 A student pilot enrolled in the professional pilot program at the community college of Beaver county, Beaver Falls, PA was flying aircraft N629DC operated by aviation certification and education solution inc (aces), a CFR part 141 pilot school. The student was performing her first solo flight under the supervision of a flight instructor that was watching from the kbvi control tower. Two prior landings and take-offs were uneventful, during the roll-out of tbyhe third landing, directional control was lost and the aircraft turned left and departed the left (south) side of runway 28. The aircraft continued across a grass area 100' until stopping at a small drainage area and encountering an embankment which damaged the nose gear and propeller. At the time of the incident the winds were calm and visibility was unlimited. There was no damage to airport property, lighting or signage. Ops ptrs entry by asi/rjb.

As the FAA filed it

08/30/2011 A STUDENT PILOT ENROLLED IN THE PROFESSIONAL PILOT PROGRAM AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF BEAVER COUNTY, BEAVER FALLS, PA WAS FLYING AIRCRAFT N629DC OPERATED BY AVIATION CERTIFICATION AND EDUCATION SOLUTION INC (ACES), A CFR PART 141 PILOT SCHOOL. THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR THAT WAS WATCHING FROM THE KBVI CONTROL TOWER. TWO PRIOR LANDINGS AND TAKE-OFFS WERE UNEVENTFUL, DURING THE ROLL-OUT OF TBYHE THIRD LANDING, DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT AND DEPARTED THE LEFT (SOUTH) SIDE OF RUNWAY 28. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ACROSS A GRASS AREA 100' UNTIL STOPPING AT A SMALL DRAINAGE AREA AND ENCOUNTERING AN EMBANKMENT WHICH DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR AND PROPELLER. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THE WINDS WERE CALM AND VISIBILITY WAS UNLIMITED. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY, LIGHTING OR SIGNAGE. OPS PTRS ENTRY BY ASI/RJB.