# Accident 20150127002299A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Pomona, CA, January 27, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2015, 15:00 local time
- Place: Pomona, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0550° N, 117.4650° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0550&lon=-117.4650&mi=10
- Aircraft: N805ER (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 77 total, 77 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR15CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150127002299A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM EL MONTE AROUND 1430 PST TO BRACKETT FIELD TO DO SOME TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK.  ARRIVED THERE ABOUT 1440 PST, ENTERED LEFT CLOSED PATTERN.  DID 3 LANDINGS AND 2 TAKE OFFS.  ON THE THIRD TAKE OFF THE GUST OF WIND PUSHED HIM TO THE LEFT, LEFT WING HIT SIGNAGE, AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN THE INFIELD. SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO WING.

## 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 WPR15CA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15CA094), Jan 27, 2015: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N805ER), La Verne, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's loss of directional control during takeoff from a runway, which resulted in a collision with a sign.

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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