# Incident 20190409002649I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Covington, TN, April 9, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2019, 12:30 local time
- Place: Covington, TN
- Airport: Covington Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1XPS
- Location: 35.5834° N, 89.5872° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COVINGTON MUNI (M04), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5834&lon=-89.5872&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82ZZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82ZZ) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 20 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/20190409002649I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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