# Accident 20140809014489A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Stow, MA, August 9, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2014, 13:45 local time
- Place: Stow, MA
- Airport: Minute Man Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4606° N, 71.5178° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4606&lon=-71.5178&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N497PA-2015-04-10) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 8 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA400) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140809014489A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 ERA14CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA400), Aug 9, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 (N497PA), Stow, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The 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…

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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