# Incident 20130811016359I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Newnan, GA, August 11, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2013, 14:30 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Coweta County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4PS
- Location: 33.3758° N, 84.7773° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Newnan, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3758&lon=-84.7773&mi=10
- Aircraft: N894CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N894CT-2014-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 240 in this make and model, 198 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130811016359I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN NORMALLY, WHEN NOSE GEAR TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, HARD SHIMMY FELT.  PILOT LIFTED NOSEWHEEL OFF OF RUNWAY AND HELD IT OFF UNTEL IT DROPPED.  WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN, SHIMMY STARTED AGAIN FOR 3-5 SECONDS THEN NOSEWHEEL FOLDED.

## Other reports on N894CT (1)

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

- [Accident 20100223028079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100223028079A), Feb 23, 2010: Diamond Air DA 20-C1 (N894CT), Delta, UT, Substantial damage. The student pilot made an approach for landing at Delta, UT on a cross country solo flight. He had some issues with the stabilized approach but continued to…

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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