# Incident 20130903016779I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Winchester, VA, September 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 2013, 10:15 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N571DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N571DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-MIA+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,113 total, 50 in this make and model, 232 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130903016779I

## Narrative

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

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

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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