20111224029159I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Santa Ana, CA · December 24, 2011

Date
December 24, 2011 · 20:10 local
Place
Santa Ana, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N134PS
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming I0360 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total100 in this make and model10 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.

Pilot stated during descent into ksna he encountered unexpected severe turbulence and hit his head on the canopy, breaking it. He continued descent and approach and landed the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED DURING DESCENT INTO KSNA HE ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTED SEVERE TURBULENCE AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CANOPY, BREAKING IT. HE CONTINUED DESCENT AND APPROACH AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.

Other reports on N134PS · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.