# Incident 20170221001729I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Provo, UT, February 21, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2017, 15:35 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 7UVS
- Location: 40.2192° N, 111.7234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PROVO MUNI (PVU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2192&lon=-111.7234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N105UV, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N105UV) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (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 40
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 565 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170221001729I

## Narrative

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

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."

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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