# Incident 20140811014099I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Kearny, AZ, August 11, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 2014, 07:45 local time
- Place: Kearny, AZ
- Airport: Kearny Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0472° N, 110.9091° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KEARNY (E67), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0472&lon=-110.9091&mi=10
- Aircraft: N424TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N424TS-2021-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-MIA+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 14,245 total, 85,215 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140811014099I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 11, 2014, AT APPROXIMATELY 07:45 AM, N424TS PERFORMED A ?GEAR UP TOUCH AND GO? LANDING AT THE KEARNY AIRPORT (E67).  ONCE N424TS WAS AIRBORNE, THE CREW FLEW TO FALCON FIELD WHERE THEY MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.  UPON LANDING THEY DISCOVERED SEVERAL INCHES WERE MISSING ON ALL OF THE PROPELLER BLADES OF BOTH ENGINES.

THERE WERE TWO SOULS ONBOARD N424TS.  THE FIRST WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) WHO WAS ALSO PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF A EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY EXAMINER.  THE SECOND SOUL WAS A STUDENT PILOT WHO WAS TAKING HIS BELGIUM VFR COMMERCIAL PILOT EXAM.  NEITHER PERSON WAS INJURED DURING THE INCIDENT.

THE N424TS PIC HOLDS AN FAA AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE  AND AN FAA FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CERTIFICATE.  HIS SECOND CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AMD HIS FLIGHT REVIEW WERE CURRENT.

THE PILOT TAKING THE CHECK RIDE HOLDS AN FAA STUDENT PILOT CERTIFICATE.  HIS THIRD CLASS MEDICAL CERTIFICATE WAS CURRENT.

WEATHER: THE PILOTS REPORTED THE CLOUD BASES TO BE GREATER THAN 12,000? AND THE WIND TO BE LESS THAN 5 KNOTS.  THE CLOSEST WEATHER REPORTING STATION TO THE KEARNY AIRPORT IS THE PHOENIX WILLIAMS GATEWAY AIRPORT (KIWA).  AT THE APPROXIMATE TIME OF THE INCIDENT KIWA WAS REPORTING SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

AIRCRAFT:  A MAINTENANCE TEST OF LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, RETRACTION, AND GEAR WARNING SYSTEMS REVEALED THE SYSTEMS WERE FUNCTIONING PROPERLY.

THE DAMAGE SUSTAINED IN THE GEAR UP "TOUCH AND GO" LANDING WAS NOT CONSIDERED "SUBSTANTIAL."

## Other reports on N424TS (1)

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

- [Incident 20140806023899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140806023899I), Aug 6, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 (N424TS), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. Aircraft as it was departing ffz on runway 22R on takeoff just at rotation the right main tire ruptured. The crew continued the take-off and suspecting a blown…

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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