# Incident 20180621008359I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Pueblo, CO, June 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 2018, 08:50 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N958DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N958DA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,617 total, 1,058 in this make and model, 116 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180621008359I

## Narrative

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

DURING PATTERN WORK ON THIRD APPORACH AT KPUB, THE STUDENT TOUCHED DOWN IN A 3-POINT ATTITUDE DESPITE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR VERBAL "NOSE UP" PROMPTS. THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED IN THE AIR, THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK THE CONTROLS AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED BACK DOWN ON THE MAINS. AS THE NOSE WAS LOWERED, IT BECAME EVIDENT THAT THE NOSE WHEEL WAS MISSING AS A BRIEF SCRAPING SOUND APPEARED. THE INSTRUCTOR INCREASED BACKSTICK PRESSURE AND MOVED THE MIXTURE TO IDLE CUT OFF. ONE PROP TIP WAS SCRAPED IN A FORWARD/AFT DIRECTION AND THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS SHEARED FROM THE NOSE GEAR. NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER HAS REQUESTED THE NOSE GEAR FOR EVALUATION.

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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