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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Winchester, VA · September 3, 2013

Date
September 3, 2013 · 10:15 local
Place
Winchester, VA
Airport
Winchester Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N571DS
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-MIA+
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,113 total50 in this make and model232 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On September 3, 2013 at approximately 1415 UTC, N571DS was involved in a landing incident at okv airport. N571DS is operated by av-ed flight school which is a part 141 school. However, this aircraft is not on the part 141 certificate and the incident flight was conducted as part 61 flight instruction. The flight originated at jyo airport and was designed to develop currency and proficiency in the flight student. After some initial airwork, the flight instructor had the student go to okv for landing practice. The initial landing was performed successfully as a "touch and go." On the second landing, the student set up a normal approach but added too much back pressure during the flare. The excess back pressure led to a ballooning action as the aircraft left ground effect. The student pushed aggressively to get the plane back down to the runway. The instructor was unsuccessful in his attempt to intervene and the aircraft impacted the runway nose gear first.

The impact was great enough to cause the nose wheel and associated construction to depart the nose strut. As this happened, the propeller began a series of prop strikes. The instructor was able to use the remaining speed to raise the nose into the air to prevent further damage to the prop and engine. The instructor then removed power by shutting off the fuel and ignition. The aircraft came to rest on the runway.

There were no injuries and the FAA was on scene to find the aircraft undisturbed from its rest position

As the FAA filed it

ON SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 1415 UTC, N571DS WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING INCIDENT AT OKV AIRPORT. N571DS IS OPERATED BY AV-ED FLIGHT SCHOOL WHICH IS A PART 141 SCHOOL. HOWEVER, THIS AIRCRAFT IS NOT ON THE PART 141 CERTIFICATE AND THE INCIDENT FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED AS PART 61 FLIGHT INSTRUCTION. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT JYO AIRPORT AND WAS DESIGNED TO DEVELOP CURRENCY AND PROFICIENCY IN THE FLIGHT STUDENT. AFTER SOME INITIAL AIRWORK, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT GO TO OKV FOR LANDING PRACTICE. THE INITIAL LANDING WAS PERFORMED SUCCESSFULLY AS A "TOUCH AND GO." ON THE SECOND LANDING, THE STUDENT SET UP A NORMAL APPROACH BUT ADDED TOO MUCH BACK PRESSURE DURING THE FLARE. THE EXCESS BACK PRESSURE LED TO A BALLOONING ACTION AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT GROUND EFFECT. THE STUDENT PUSHED AGGRESSIVELY TO GET THE PLANE BACK DOWN TO THE RUNWAY. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS UNSUCCESSFUL IN HIS ATTEMPT TO INTERVENE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE RUNWAY NOSE GEAR FIRST.

THE IMPACT WAS GREAT ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE NOSE WHEEL AND ASSOCIATED CONSTRUCTION TO DEPART THE NOSE STRUT. AS THIS HAPPENED, THE PROPELLER BEGAN A SERIES OF PROP STRIKES. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS ABLE TO USE THE REMAINING SPEED TO RAISE THE NOSE INTO THE AIR TO PREVENT FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE PROP AND ENGINE. THE INSTRUCTOR THEN REMOVED POWER BY SHUTTING OFF THE FUEL AND IGNITION. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE FAA WAS ON SCENE TO FIND THE AIRCRAFT UNDISTURBED FROM ITS REST POSITION