# Accident 20180513005349A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Lagrange, GA, May 13, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2018, 17:20 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Airport: Lagrange-Callaway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: U4PS
- Location: 33.0092° N, 85.0697° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0092&lon=-85.0697&mi=10
- Aircraft: N143MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N143MA) (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 IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 652 total, 268 in this make and model, 251 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180513005349A

## Narrative

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

FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS INSTRUCTION STUDENT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HOW TO PERFORM A SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF. THE DIAMOND DA20-C1, N143MA BECAME AIRBORNE AT 30 TO 35 KNOTS. THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED LEFT OF RUNWAY CENTER LINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INSTRUCTED STUDENT TO ADD MORE RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BANK. THE RIGHT WING TIP HIT THE GROUND. THE CFI OVERCORRECTED TO THE LEFT TOO AGGRESSIVELY AND THE LEFT WINGTIP HIT THE GROUND. THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT WINGTIP WAS SCRAPPED AND THE LEFT AILERON, WING AND UNDER THE WINGTIP WAS DAMAGED.  THE CFI LANDED THE AIRPLANE WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE WAS PARKED AND LEFT AT LGC AWAITING FOR REPAIRS.

## 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 GAA18CA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA282), May 13, 2018: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 (N143MA), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control during a soft-field takeoff.

## Other reports on N143MA (1)

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

- [Incident 20040710012009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040710012009I), Jul 10, 2004: Diamon DA20C1 (N143MA), Whitsett, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed gso airport at 1004 EDT, with his son as the only other occupant of the DA-20-C1 diamond "eclipse" aircraft. He was on a 14 CFR part 91…

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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