# Incident 20130417007629I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, East Liverpool, OH, April 17, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 2013, 13:30 local time
- Place: East Liverpool, OH
- Airport: Columbiana County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 4AAS
- Location: 40.6733° N, 80.6414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBIANA COUNTY (02G), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6733&lon=-80.6414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N396JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N396JA) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130417007629I

## Narrative

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

THE FLIGHT SCHOOL MECHANIC REUSED A SELF-LOCKING NUT ON THE NOSE GEAR AXLE THROUGH BOLT WHICH IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE DIAMOND AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANUAL. THE SELF-LOCKING NUT WORKED LOOSE AND THE NOSE GEAR AXLE BECAME PARTIALLY DISLODGED FROM THE NOSE GEAR FORK, CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR WHEEL AND TIRE TO TWIST WITHIN THE FORK AND SEVERELY DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR FORK.

## Other reports on N396JA (1)

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

- [Incident 20190920013359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190920013359I), Sep 20, 2019: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N396JA), Heath, OH, Substantial damage. Student pilot made a normal approach to landing and upon touchdown, landed in a position to cause the aircraft to porpoise three times. From the third, student…

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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