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FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Provo, UT · February 21, 2017

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Date
February 21, 2017 · 15:35 local
Place
Provo, UT
Airport
Provo Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
7UVS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N105UV
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
565 total200 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days
N105UVRegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40S/N 40.685 · Built 2006Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 40Engine modelLycoming IO-360-M1A+Reciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The CFI stated, "the student pilot and CFI had entered a right down wind for runway 18 at the Provo airport. The winds were reported 210 degrees at 21 knots, however on short final the G1000 wind component showed a wind vector of 28 knots. During our flare however we hit a gust of wind and our airplane ballooned up, the student did not correct for this and reacted by pulling the power to idle during our balloon. At that time we were still crabbed into the wind towards the right and we experienced a rapid loss in airspeed. We began falling back to the ground and I (CFI) immediately took over initiating a go-around. Another gust of wind hit us and caused our left wing to drop roughly 30-40 degrees approximately 5 feet off of the ground. At this point is when I believed our left wing skimmed the runway surface. Shortly after that my full power increase on the go-around caused us to regain some airspeed and I realized I had almost full right aileron input into the control stick to correct for the left wing dip. As we increased airspeed this control input caused us to rock to the right and at that time I believe caused the right wing to skim the surface of the runway. After that we were airborne and I had regained control of the aircraft. I then saw there was sufficient runway remaining and we came back to uvu."

As the FAA filed it

THE CFI STATED, "THE STUDENT PILOT AND CFI HAD ENTERED A RIGHT DOWN WIND FOR RUNWAY 18 AT THE PROVO AIRPORT. THE WINDS WERE REPORTED 210 DEGREES AT 21 KNOTS, HOWEVER ON SHORT FINAL THE G1000 WIND COMPONENT SHOWED A WIND VECTOR OF 28 KNOTS. DURING OUR FLARE HOWEVER WE HIT A GUST OF WIND AND OUR AIRPLANE BALLOONED UP, THE STUDENT DID NOT CORRECT FOR THIS AND REACTED BY PULLING THE POWER TO IDLE DURING OUR BALLOON. AT THAT TIME WE WERE STILL CRABBED INTO THE WIND TOWARDS THE RIGHT AND WE EXPERIENCED A RAPID LOSS IN AIRSPEED. WE BEGAN FALLING BACK TO THE GROUND AND I (CFI) IMMEDIATELY TOOK OVER INITIATING A GO-AROUND. ANOTHER GUST OF WIND HIT US AND CAUSED OUR LEFT WING TO DROP ROUGHLY 30-40 DEGREES APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET OFF OF THE GROUND. AT THIS POINT IS WHEN I BELIEVED OUR LEFT WING SKIMMED THE RUNWAY SURFACE. SHORTLY AFTER THAT MY FULL POWER INCREASE ON THE GO-AROUND CAUSED US TO REGAIN SOME AIRSPEED AND I REALIZED I HAD ALMOST FULL RIGHT AILERON INPUT INTO THE CONTROL STICK TO CORRECT FOR THE LEFT WING DIP. AS WE INCREASED AIRSPEED THIS CONTROL INPUT CAUSED US TO ROCK TO THE RIGHT AND AT THAT TIME I BELIEVE CAUSED THE RIGHT WING TO SKIM THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY. AFTER THAT WE WERE AIRBORNE AND I HAD REGAINED CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. I THEN SAW THERE WAS SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING AND WE CAME BACK TO UVU."