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FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Rdu, NC · June 2, 2014

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Date
June 2, 2014 · 14:37 local
Place
Rdu, NC
Airport
Raleigh-Durham International
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N391JA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
79 total79 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days
N391JARegistration cancelled Apr 29, 2019 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0201 · Built 2002Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1Engine modelContinental IO-240 seriesReciprocating

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.

Controller gave pilot vectors that set pilot up on a right downwind for runway 32. Controller gave her a clearance to descend at her discretion. Controller called her base leg. Pilot indicated in a statement that she was higher on base than she would have liked. Pilot put the aircraft into a forward slip on final approach in order to lose altitude as rapidly as she could. Pilot reported being too fast and too high. She initiated a go-around. She set up on a downwind for 32, and reported being too fast. She said she was planning to extend her downwind due to being too fast. Tower informed her that there was traffic inbound to 32 and she needed to turn onto the base leg for 32 immediately. She said she was still too fast for landing flaps. She had the throttle at idle. Once she was slow enough for landing flaps she was concerned she would run out of runway, so she put the aircraft in a nose low attitude. Still too fast, the pilot attempted to to land because ATC had another air plane set up on final for runway 32 behind her. The propeller hit the runway. The pilot reported that she was not aware of exactly what had happened to the propeller. The aircraft had bounced back into the air and the pilot initiated a go-around. She requested to land on the longer of the runways, 23L, and made her way around to land.

As the FAA filed it

CONTROLLER GAVE PILOT VECTORS THAT SET PILOT UP ON A RIGHT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 32. CONTROLLER GAVE HER A CLEARANCE TO DESCEND AT HER DISCRETION. CONTROLLER CALLED HER BASE LEG. PILOT INDICATED IN A STATEMENT THAT SHE WAS HIGHER ON BASE THAN SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED. PILOT PUT THE AIRCRAFT INTO A FORWARD SLIP ON FINAL APPROACH IN ORDER TO LOSE ALTITUDE AS RAPIDLY AS SHE COULD. PILOT REPORTED BEING TOO FAST AND TOO HIGH. SHE INITIATED A GO-AROUND. SHE SET UP ON A DOWNWIND FOR 32, AND REPORTED BEING TOO FAST. SHE SAID SHE WAS PLANNING TO EXTEND HER DOWNWIND DUE TO BEING TOO FAST. TOWER INFORMED HER THAT THERE WAS TRAFFIC INBOUND TO 32 AND SHE NEEDED TO TURN ONTO THE BASE LEG FOR 32 IMMEDIATELY. SHE SAID SHE WAS STILL TOO FAST FOR LANDING FLAPS. SHE HAD THE THROTTLE AT IDLE. ONCE SHE WAS SLOW ENOUGH FOR LANDING FLAPS SHE WAS CONCERNED SHE WOULD RUN OUT OF RUNWAY, SO SHE PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. STILL TOO FAST, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO TO LAND BECAUSE ATC HAD ANOTHER AIR PLANE SET UP ON FINAL FOR RUNWAY 32 BEHIND HER. THE PROPELLER HIT THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BOUNCED BACK INTO THE AIR AND THE PILOT INITIATED A GO-AROUND. SHE REQUESTED TO LAND ON THE LONGER OF THE RUNWAYS, 23L, AND MADE HER WAY AROUND TO LAND.