# Accident 20140129000899A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Colorado Spring, CO, January 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 29, 2014, 14:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Butts Army Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: D83R
- Location: 38.6786° N, 104.7550° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6786&lon=-104.7550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N959DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N959DA-2014-06-03) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 17,047 total, 842 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14TA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14TA126) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140129000899A

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 29TH,2014 AT BUTTS ARMY AIR BASE IN COLORADO SPRINGS , CO. DIAMOND DA-20 AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N959DA DEPARTED ON RUNWAY 13.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND  LEFT OF RUNWAY 13. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND FLIGHT CREW RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.

## 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 CEN14TA126](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14TA126), Jan 29, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (N959DA), Fort Carson, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's loss of control after takeoff following a wake turbulence encounter from a preceding helicopter. Contributing to the accident were the flight instructor's misidentification of…

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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