# Incident 20190520004919I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Cahokia, IL, May 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2019, 16:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NI1S
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N327PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N327PC) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,202 total, 736 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190520004919I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT IN QUESTION TOOK OFF FROM ST LOUIS DOWNTOWN AIRPORT (CPS) FOR A PART 141 FLIGHT.  THE INSTRUCTOR HAD THE STUDENT PILOT PERFORM A SOFT FIELD LANDING AS PART OF HIS TRAINING.  THE AIRCRAFT MAIN WHEELS TOUCHED DOWN AND WHEN THE NOSE BEGAN TO COME DOWN, THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR COULD TELL FROM EXPERIENCE WHEN THE AIRCRAFT NOSE WHEEL SHOULD HAVE TOUCHED DOWN.  ONCE THE INSTRUCTOR REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG, HE PULLED THE THROTTLE BACK TO ATTEMPT TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER.  THE NOSE GEAR STRUT TOUCHED DOWN ON THE ON THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT COULD BE STOPPED; THE DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE HARDWARE THAT KEPT THE NOSE-LANDING GEAR FORK ON THE LANDING STRUT WAS FOUND APPROXIMATELY 10-12 FEET FROM WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FORK, WITH THE WHEEL IN IT, WAS FOUND RIGHT OFF OF THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY  WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WOULD HAVE ROTATED DURING TAKEOFF.   THE BOLT THAT HOLDS THE WHEEL ON THE STRUT WAS FOUND WITH THE BROKEN STUD AND COTTER PIN STILL ATTACHED.  ALL OF THE HARDWARE THAT HOLDS THE FORK ON THE STRUT WAS FOUND ON THE RAMP.  CIRRUS REQUESTED THAT THE OPERATOR SEND THEM THE STRUT FOR TESTING.  THE OPERATOR SUBMITTED A SERVICE DIFFICULTY REPORT (SDR) FOR THE LANDING GEAR STRUT.  THE SDR CONTROL NUMBER IS NI1R2019052801.

## Other reports on N327PC (1)

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

- [Incident 20200820012649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200820012649I), Aug 20, 2020: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N327PC), Sauget, IL, Minor damage. During climb out from runway 23, cps, the aircraft struck at least one goose from a flock of an estimated 3 geese. The climbout continued and aircraft returned…

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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