# Accident 20140116000429A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Milledgeville, GA, January 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 16, 2014, 13:15 local time
- Place: Milledgeville, GA
- Airport: Baldwin County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4PS
- Location: 33.1542° N, 83.2414° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1542&lon=-83.2414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353DC-2019-03-19) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 51 total, 51 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA095) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140116000429A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS ON FINAL TO RUNWAY 28 WHEN THE STUDENT PILOT NOTICES HE WAS TOO HIGH. HE STATED THAT HE PLACES THE THROTTLE TO FLIGHT IDLE. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT TO LAND HE NOTICE THAT HE WAS TOO FAST TO CORRECT THE STUDENT PILOT PULL BACK THE YOKE. WHEN THE STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT BALLOONS 3 TIMES STRIKING THE NOSE GEAR FIRST EACH TIME. THE STUDENT PILOT CORRECTED BY GOING FULL POWER AND FULL BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASH IN THE GROUND BESIDE THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLASPED CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO ENTER THE INTERIOR OF THE COCKPIT AND THE PROPELLER TO HIT THE GROUND SEVERAL TIMES. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY SOLO ALL LOGBOOKS WERE CORRECT AS WELL AS THE REQUIRE ENDORSEMENTS BY THE INSTRUCTOR. NO MECHANICAL ITEMS WERE FOUND THAT CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA095), Jan 16, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 (N353DC), Milledgeville, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilots inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

## Other reports on N353DC (1)

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

- [Accident 20150617020279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150617020279A), Jun 17, 2015: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N353DC), Newnan, GA, Substantial damage. The pilot was receiving instrument flight instruction from the flight instructor, the student and instructor planned a cross country flight from Newnan airport…

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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