# Accident 20190607006089A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Terre Haute, IN, June 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 2019, 15:45 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4458° N, 87.3172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4458&lon=-87.3172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N227TJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N227TJ-2022-12-31) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 440 total, 150 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA330) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190607006089A

## Narrative

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

DESCRIPTION:

ON JUNE 7, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 3:45PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A 2005 DIAMOND DA20-C1, N227TJ, SERIAL NUMBER C0324 AIRCRAFT , SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FOLLOWING A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY 5 AT THE TERRE HAUTE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KHUF), LOCATED IN TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

THE INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT DEPARTED VFR FROM THE TERRE HAUTE AIRPORT. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91 AS A PERSONAL TRAINING FLIGHT.

DAY VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS PROVIDED. AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL (ATC) WAS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE PILOT AFTER ISSUING A LANDING CLEARANCE FOR THIS TRAINING FLIGHT. THE WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WERE REPORTED BY THE PILOT AS 090 DEGREES GUSTING TO 22 KNOTS. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR STATES THAT THE STUDENT WAS MAKING THE LANDING AND ON THE FIRST ATTEMPT CHOSE TO GO-AROUND DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT, IMPROPER CONTROL INPUTS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND HARD BEFORE THE INSTRUCTOR COULD TAKE OVER AND ATTEMPT A GO AROUND. THE LANDING GEAR SHOWED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND FLAT CAUSING THE LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS LOCATED ON RUNWAY 5.  THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR/COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT AND HIS STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

LOGBOOK ENTRIES SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT MET ALL STANDARD AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTIONS.

PTRS:

GL11201903175

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB GAA19CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA330), Jun 7, 2019: Diamond DA20 (N227TJ), Terre Haute, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading and to relinquish the flight controls to the flight instructor when told to do so while landing in gusting, crosswind conditions, which…

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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