# Incident 20181019020369I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Provo, UT, October 19, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 19, 2018, 11:15 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 40.2338° N, 111.6585° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Provo, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2338&lon=-111.6585&mi=10
- Aircraft: N980CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N980CT) (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-200 (registry code 17021, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-200) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-200
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 15 total, 15 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181019020369I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRMAN STATED THAT SHE WAS ON HER FIRST SOLO AND WAS REMAINING IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR MULTIPLE LANDINGS. SHE STATED THAT ON THE THIRD LANDING SHE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO "PORPOISE." THIS CONDITION WORSENED UNTIL THE NOSE WHEEL BROKE OFF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP AND THE AIRMAN EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR STRUT AND THE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N980CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20050620014519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050620014519I), Jun 20, 2005: Diamon DA20C1 (N980CT), Provo, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Student was on his 2nd supervised solo and was landing at the Provo airport, when he lost control and the airplane exited the side of the runway damaging…

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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