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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Covington, TN · April 9, 2019

Date
April 9, 2019 · 12:30 local
Place
Covington, TN
Airport
Covington Municipal
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Rotation
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
1XPS
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N82ZZ
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240-B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
20 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft N82ZZ originated from millington, TN on a training flight. The flight instructor and the student pilot both were conducting touch and go's at the Covington aircraft. After a couple of go rounds and touch and go's, the flight instructor gave the student pilot his second solo with the aircraft . The student pilot and flight instructor conducted a safety brief. The student pilot conducted a fly by and then conducted a full landing and takeoff. On his second landing and takeoff the aircraft was about to rotate when a gust of wind pushed the aircraft to the side causing the student pilot to bring the nose landing gear down on the runway, causing the aircraft to slide off the runway, and into the grass. The student pilot was able to taxi the aircraft back on the taxiway. When the aircraft was back on the flight line the aircraft was inspected and minor damage to the right main landing gear was noticed. The student sustained no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT N82ZZ ORIGINATED FROM MILLINGTON, TN ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND THE STUDENT PILOT BOTH WERE CONDUCTING TOUCH AND GO'S AT THE COVINGTON AIRCRAFT. AFTER A COUPLE OF GO ROUNDS AND TOUCH AND GO'S, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR GAVE THE STUDENT PILOT HIS SECOND SOLO WITH THE AIRCRAFT . THE STUDENT PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR CONDUCTED A SAFETY BRIEF. THE STUDENT PILOT CONDUCTED A FLY BY AND THEN CONDUCTED A FULL LANDING AND TAKEOFF. ON HIS SECOND LANDING AND TAKEOFF THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABOUT TO ROTATE WHEN A GUST OF WIND PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SIDE CAUSING THE STUDENT PILOT TO BRING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE OFF THE RUNWAY, AND INTO THE GRASS. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ABLE TO TAXI THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON THE TAXIWAY. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BACK ON THE FLIGHT LINE THE AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED AND MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOTICED. THE STUDENT SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.