# Incident 20110906020089I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Gila Bend, AZ, September 6, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 2011, 13:20 local time
- Place: Gila Bend, AZ
- Airport: Gila Bend Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: B4VS
- Location: 32.9602° N, 112.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILA BEND MUNI (E63), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9602&lon=-112.6736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4160S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4160S) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 168 total, 110 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110906020089I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED AT E63 AND INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE PAINTED LINES INTO THE T SHADES HE ELECTED TO TURN THE AIRCRAFT SIDEWAYS TO ATTEMPT TO FIT IN AN AREA OF LIMITED SHADE.  WHEN HE REALIZED THE WING WAS CLOSE TO A POLE HE DEPRESSED THE RIGHT BRAKE PEDAL TO SWING CLEAR OF THE POLE. HOWEVER THIS SWUNG THE WING INTO THE POLE.

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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