# Incident 20120916020879I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, El Monte, CA, September 16, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2012, 18:40 local time
- Place: El Monte, CA
- Airport: El Monte
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0746° N, 118.0291° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Monte, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0746&lon=-118.0291&mi=10
- Aircraft: N661DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N661DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-MIA+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 498 total, 60 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120916020879I

## Narrative

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

CFI ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PROVIDING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION TO STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (NON-CERTIFICATED) FROM EL MONTE AIRPORT (EMT). THE CFI REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS ON A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING AT EMT. CFI REPORTED THAT THE STUDENT PILOT LET THE NOSE DROP ONCE IN GROUND EFFECT AND LANDED HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE HARD LANDING CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO SHEAR OFF AND FOR THE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THE CFI THEN TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT APPLIED POWER FOR A GO-AROUND. THE CFI CONTACTED THE THE TOWER AND REQUESTED THEM TO REPORT THE CONDITION OF THE NOSE WHEEL. THE EMT TOWER ADVISED THE CFI THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO NOSE GEAR. THE CFI MADE 4 REPORTED APPROACHED AND LANDED ON THE 4TH APPROACH WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N661DS (1)

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

- [Incident 20081107850509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081107850509I), Nov 7, 2008: Diamon DA40 (N661DS), Santa Fe, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On November 7, 2008 at local time, N661DS, a diamond aircraft DA-40 made an emergency landing at Santa Fe Municipal Airport (saf) in Santa Fe, new Mexico…

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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