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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Stow, MA · August 9, 2014

Date: August 9, 2014 · 13:45 local
Place: Stow, MA
Airport: Minute Man Airfield
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N497PA
NTSB investigation: NTSBERA14CA400
Reported as: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1
Reported engine: Continental IO-240 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 440 total8 in this make and model39 in the last 90 days

N497PARegistration cancelled Apr 10, 2015 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0297 · Built 2004 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 Engine modelContinental IO-240 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

Pilot and single pax were on a introductory flight. Upon landing the aircraft bounced nose up approx six feet, then bounced again on next touchdown. This continued three times with increasing height each time. On the third bounce the nose gear collapsed and the aircraft slid on its nose for two hundred feet and came to a stop.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT AND SINGLE PAX WERE ON A INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT. UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED NOSE UP APPROX SIX FEET, THEN BOUNCED AGAIN ON NEXT TOUCHDOWN. THIS CONTINUED THREE TIMES WITH INCREASING HEIGHT EACH TIME. ON THE THIRD BOUNCE THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE FOR TWO HUNDRED FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB ERA14CA400Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportStow, MAThe flight instructor/pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and the subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of total experience in the make and…Aug 9, 2014 · Substantial damage