# Accident 20160807012849A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Christiansted S, VI, August 7, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2016, 11:23 local time
- Place: Christiansted S, VI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.3357° N, 64.8972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.3357&lon=-64.8972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N828BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N828BB-2018-03-16) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 250 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160807012849A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 7, 2016, AT 1523Z AIRCRAFT N828BB A DA20-C1, SERIAL NUMBER C0428, ON AN INSTRUCTION FLIGHT,  CRASHED 400FT NORTH OF  RUNWAY 10 AT HENRY E. ROHLSEN AIRPORT (STX) ST. CROIX, VIRGIN ISLANDS AFTER LOSING CONTROL ON LANDING BOUNCING THREE TIMES AND FAILED THE GO AROUND ATTEMPT, AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AT IMPACT AND CREW WAS BADLY INJURED.

## 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 ERA16LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA282), Aug 7, 2016: Diamond DA20 (N828BB), St. Croix, destroyed. Probable cause: The flight instructor's improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of airplane control. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of 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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