# Incident 20170801015689I: Diamond Aircraft DA20-C1, Newnan, GA, August 1, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2017, 19:30 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4PS
- Location: 33.3116° N, 84.7698° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NEWNAN COWETA COUNTY (CCO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3116&lon=-84.7698&mi=10
- Aircraft: N634DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N634DC) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 45 total, 45 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170801015689I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 01 2017, AT APPROXIMATELY 1800, STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED KCCO FOR A SOLO FLIGHT TO AUBURN, AL. AIRPORT (KAUO).  AT 1930, STUDENT PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM KAUO AND PREPARING TO LAND AT KCCO ON RUNWAY 14. STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT SHE BELIEVES HER APPROACH WAS TOO HIGH AND WAS COMING IN TO FAST FOR THE LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO START BOUNCING CREATING A PORPOISE LANDING EFFECT. SHE DECIDED TO RIDE OUT THE BOUNCES INSTEAD OF TAKING THE AIRCRAFT BACK UP AND GOING AROUND. SHE BELIEVED AS A STUDENT PILOT SHE WASN?T ALLOWED TO DO A GO AROUND OR TOUCH AND GO. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AT LEAST THREE TIMES WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR BENDING ON THE SECOND BOUNCE. ON THE SECOND OR THIRD BOUNCH THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS SHUTDOWN. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ASSISTED BY ANOTHER PILOT WHO WAS CLOSE BY TO PUSH THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS PUSHED TO THE TAXI WAY AND OFF THE MAIN RUNWAY WITHIN 5 MINUTES AFTER ENGINE SHUTDOWN. WITHIN 10 MINUTES THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT FOR FINAL PARKING.

## Other reports on N634DC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060819017439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819017439I), Aug 19, 2006: Diamon DA20C1 (N634DC), Boise, ID, Minor damage. (-23) While practicing touch and go landings at boi airport, pilot misjudged landing, causing aircraft to bounce two or three times before getting under…

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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