# Incident 20110830022039I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Beaver Falls, PA, August 30, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 2011, 09:40 local time
- Place: Beaver Falls, PA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4AAS
- Location: 40.7594° N, 80.3226° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaver Falls, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7594&lon=-80.3226&mi=10
- Aircraft: N629DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N629DC) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110830022039I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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