# Incident 20130228003039I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Florence, AZ, February 28, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 28, 2013, 09:40 local time - Place: Florence, AZ - Airport: Coolidge Municipal - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 32.9360° N, 111.4265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COOLIDGE MUNI (P08), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9360&lon=-111.4265&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4192C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4192C) (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: 142 total, 100 in this make and model - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130228003039I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON 2/28/2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 0940 LOCAL AZ TIME N4192C LANDED AT COOLIDGE AIRPORT, P08 AND DURING TAXI IN THE RAMP AREA STRUCK THE LEFT WINGTIP ON A HANGAR DOOR. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COOLIDGE AIRPORT, WITHOUT HAVING THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTED, AND RETURNED TO HIS HOME BASE KFFZ, FALCON FIELD AZ. THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS A STUDENT AT CAE GLOBAL ACADEMY AND WAS FLYING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TIMEBUILDING. INFORMATION ON THE AIRMAN WAS REVIEWED. IT INDICATES THAT THE AIRMAN HOLDS A PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE AND FIRST CLASS MEDICAL. THERE IS NO HISTORICAL RECORD OF ANY ENFORCEMENT ACTION TAKEN AGAINST THIS AIRMAN. IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR AT CAE GLOBAL ACADEMY IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE PILOT REPORTED THE INCIDENT WHEN HE RETURNED TO THE SCHOOL. A REPORT WAS OBTAINED FROM THE CHIEF MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR. IN THIS REPORT THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE INCLUDING A BROKEN NAV LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING BUT NO OTHER HIDDEN DAMAGE. AN INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE AIRMAN. THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOL ALSO ATTENDED. DURING THIS INTERVIEW THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED TO DESCRIBE THE EVENTS SURROUNDING THIS INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN STATED THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO BUILD TIME. THE AIRMAN ALSO STATED THAT HE FILED A FLIGHT PLAN FROM KFFZ, FALCON FIELD TO KAVQ, MARANA REGIONAL AIRPORT HOWEVER, THE AIRMAN DID NOT ACTIVATE HIS FLIGHT PLAN. THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED IF HE USED FLIGHT FOLLOWING SINCE HE DID NOT ACTIVATE HIS FLIGHT PLAN. HE STATED HE DID NOT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE DEPARTED AND WAS FLYING SOUTH OF KIWA, WILLIAMS GATEWAY, MESA AZ. AT THAT POINT THE PILOT "HAD TO USE THE RESTROOM" AND DECIDED TO DIVERT TO P08. THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED IF HE WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ANY ATC ENTITY. HE RESPONDED THAT HE WAS USING A PRACTICE AREA FREQUENCY AND WAS NOT IN COMMUNICATION WITH ATC. THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT HE MADE A NORMAL LANDING AT P08 AND THAT AS HE TAXIIED INTO THE RAMP BEGAN TO EXPERIENCE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ISSUES AND NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT SHAKING. THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED AT WHAT SPEED HE WAS TAXIING INTO THE RAMP. HE INDICATED A NORMAL, SLOW TAXI. THE AIRMAN STATED THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN RIGHT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT BY APPLYING LEFT BRAKE. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AS HE APPLIED LEFT BRAKE THE SHAKING STOPPED BUT THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO TURN LEFT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT AS THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN LEFT HE APPLIED RIGHT BRAKE TO CORRECT AND AT THAT TIME THE LEFT WING IMPACTED A HANGAR DOOR. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE POWERED DOWN THE AIRCRAFT, PUSHED IT BACK TO THE TAXI LINE AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE SAW THE LEFT NAV LIGHT WAS DAMAGED AND THE WINGTIP WAS SCRATCHED. THE AIRMAN THEN INDICATED THAT HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT REPERCUSSIONS FROM THE SCHOOL. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE FEARED HE MAY BE SENT BACK TO HIS HOME COUNTRY OF VIETNAM. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT HE DECIDED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO KFFZ IN THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS POST INCIDENT. THE AIRMAN INDICATED THAT THE FLIGHT BACK WAS NORMAL. THE AIRMAN STATED THAT WHEN HE SHUT DOWN THE AIRCRAFT AT KFFZ HE CALLED HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR. THE INSTRUCTOR TOLD HIM TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO THE SCHOOL DISPATCH CENTER AND HE DID SO. THE AIRMAN WAS ASKED WHAT HE THOUGHT THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT WAS. HE INDICATED HE OVERCORRECTED AND MAY HAVE APPLIED TO MUCH PRESSURE ON THE BRAKE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TURN RIGHT. THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR ALSO INDICATED THAT THE AIRMAN HAD RECOUNTED SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE INCIDENT WHEN QUESTIONED. IN ADDITION THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE AIRMAN FAILED TO FOLLOW SEVERAL OF THE SCHOOLS POLICIES AND DEMONSTRATED A LACK OF ADHERANCE TO SAFE OPERATING PROCEDURES. THIS INCIDENT WARRANTS REEXAMINATION OF THE AIRMANS COMPETENCY TO HOLD THE PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.