# Incident 20150210001969I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Carrollton, GA, February 10, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2015, 14:00 local time
- Place: Carrollton, GA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5818° N, 85.0833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carrollton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5818&lon=-85.0833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N429TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N429TS-2019-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-01 (registry code 59300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE-125-01
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 181 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150210001969I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT THEY PRACTICED AN INSTRUMENT APPROACH ON RUNWAY 35. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT THEN ASKED THE STUDENT PILOT TO PRACTICE ANOTHER TWO NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACHES. AFTER THE THIRD LANDING, HE THEN TOOK THE CONTROLS OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DEMONSTRATED A SINGLE ENGINE TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACH WITH A LANDING TO THE STUDENT. HE STATED THAT HE THEN HANDED THE CONTROLS TO THE STUDENT AND THE STUDENT WAS LOW DURING THE APPROACH. HE THEN SUGGESTED TO THE STUDENT TO PUT THE GEAR UP TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE AND ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO COMPLETE THE LANDING FROM A NORMAL POSITION. A HELICOPTER WAS OPERATING IN THE AREA AT THE TIME, ALSO LANDING ON RUNWAY 35. WHEN ARRIVING ON FINAL, THE HELICOPTER WAS STILL OCCUPYING THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS BUSY WATCHING THE HELICOPTER CONTEMPLATING A GO AROUND. THE HELICOPTER FINALLY TOOK OFF AND THE LANDING WAS MADE WITHOUT THE GEAR HANDLE BEING SELECTED DOWN.

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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