# Incident 20130608011649I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Bellefontaine, OH, June 8, 2013 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 8, 2013, 14:02 local time - Place: Bellefontaine, OH - Airport: Bellefontaine Regional - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.3723° N, 83.8192° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BELLEFONTAINE RGNL (EDJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3723&lon=-83.8192&mi=10 - Aircraft: N659DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N659DC-2015-03-30) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 107 total - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130608011649I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. -THE PRIVATE PILOT PIC RENTED AN AIRCRAFT WHICH HE HAD FLOWN MANY TIMES IN HIS TRAINING. HE FLEW A PLEASURE FLIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT FOR LANDING. -UPON ARRIVAL AT THE DEPARTURE / ARRIVAL AIRPORT, THE WEATHER WAS VFR WITH LIGHT WINDS. -THE PILOT REPORTED A NORMAL DOWNWIND ENTRY TO THE PATTERN FOR RWY 25, BUT WAS HIGHER AND FASTER THAN NORMAL ON FINAL LEG. -THE PILOT ATTEMPTED THE LANDING, LANDED LONG AND FAST, AND LANDED NOSE WHEEL FIRST. THIS CAUSED AN OSCILLATION WHICH BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT BACK ONTO ITS MAIN TIRES, THEN BACK TO THE NOSE WHEEL, BACK TO THE MAINS, ETC. -THE PORPOISING CONTINUED FOR A TOTAL OF 4 HARD BOUNCES WHICH CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE PROPELLER ON THE RUNWAY DURING THE LAST TWO BOUNCES. THE PILOT THEN INITIATED A GO-AROUND. -THE AIRCRAFT HAD DIFFICULTY CLIMBING DUE TO THE EXTREME VIBRATION CAUSED BY APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES MISSING OFF OF EACH PROPELLER BLADE TIP. -AFTER GAINING BETWEEN 150-300 FEET OF ALTITUDE, THE PILOT INITIATED A TURN INTO THE CROSSWIND LEG AND DECIDED TO TRY TO FLY THE PATTERN BACK AROUND FOR A LANDING. DURING THE TURN INTO THE DOWNWIND LEG, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOOSING ALTITUDE DUE TO THE LACK OF POWER AND THE VIBRATION BECAME SO BAD THAT THE PILOT DECIDED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A CLEAR CORN FIELD UNDERNEATH THE DOWNWIND LEG. -THE PILOT MAKE A SOFT-FIELD LANDING IN THE CORN FIELD WHICH FURTHER DAMAGED THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND LEFT WING. -THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE DAMAGED. -NEITHER THE PILOT NOR THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED ANY PHYSICAL INJURIES DURING THE INCIDENT. ## Other reports on N659DC (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20040319006629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040319006629I), Mar 19, 2004: Diamon DA20C1 (N659DC), Degraff, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was performing slow flight, power off stalls, and steep turns. During a power off stall, engine power at 1500 RPM and full flaps the engine… 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.