# Incident 20170731016809I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Tulsa, OK, July 31, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 2017, 12:20 local time
- Place: Tulsa, OK
- Airport: Tulsa International.
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1984° N, 95.8881° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TULSA INTL (TUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1984&lon=-95.8881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N426PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N426PC) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 122 total, 64 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170731016809I

## Narrative

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

TULSA TOWER CLEARED THE PILOT/AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON 18R. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THEN BOUNCED 2 OR 3 MORE TIMES, BENDING THE NOSE GEAR AND CONTACTING THE TIPS OF BOTH PROPELLER BLADES. NO PILOT INJURY OR OTHER DAMAGE ISSUES WERE NOTED WITH THE AIRCRAFT.

THE PILOT STATED THAT THE PLANE FELT DIFFERENT IN GROUND EFFECT AND DESCENT.   SHE BELIEVES THIS WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE THE PLANE WAS SO LIGHT. ACCORDING TO HER CALCULATIONS SHE HAD ABOUT A QUARTER OF A TANK OF FUEL REMAINING. SHE HAD NEVER FLOWN AND LANDED THE DIAMOND WITH SO LITTLE FUEL.  SHE SUSPECTS THIS DIFFERENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE DIFFERENT GROUND EFFECT AND DESCENT.

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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