# Incident 20120705013331I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Pittsburg, KS, July 5, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2012, 15:45 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, KS
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4136° N, 94.6980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsburg, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4136&lon=-94.6980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N976CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N976CT) (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: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 17 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120705013331I

## Narrative

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

THE DIAMOND DA-20 AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED NEXT TO ANOTHER AIRCRAFT AND THE PILOT BELIEVED HIS WING WAS TOO CLOSE TO THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE DIAMOND AIRCRAFT HAS A FREE CASTERING NOSE WHEEL AND IS STEERED BY DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. AS THE PILOT STARTED HIS TAXI ROLL, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TURNING TO THE LEFT TOWARDS THE OTHER AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED HE PUSHED BOTH BRAKE PEDALS BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED LEFT, STRIKING THE PARKED AIRCRAFT WITH ITS WING, PROP AND SPINNER. THE OTHER AIRCRAFT RECEIVED DAMAGE TO ITS COWLING, WING AND FUSELAGE. THE PILOT'S AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND HE WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N976CT (2)

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

- [Incident 20060504006639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060504006639I), May 4, 2006: Diamon DA20C1 (N976CT), Tucson, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) On may 4, 2006 at 1930 MDT a katana DA-20, N976CT registered to norfolk & whei LLC, had the nosewheel break off on landing at san juan pueblo airport,…
- [Incident 20000121001229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000121001229I), Jan 21, 2000: Diamon DA20C1 (N976CT), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. (-23) Had just landed during night landing on runway 26 and applied power to takeoff. On liftoff the pilot encountered a gust from the right. The left wing…

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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