# Accident 20190704009179A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, Tavernier, FL, July 4, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 2019, 11:23 local time
- Place: Tavernier, FL
- Airport: Tavernaero
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.0050° N, 80.5322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.0050&lon=-80.5322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420NG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N420NG-2022-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (registry code 2990014, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4-A (registry code 06402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 127 total, 21 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA431) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190704009179A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 4, 2019 AIRCRAFT N420NG CRASH LANDED 375 YARDS WEST OF  RUNWAY 26 @FA81 ABOUT 20 YARDS INTO THE MANGROVE FROM THE SHORELINE  PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY. VIDEO RECORDING INDICATES THE PIC ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED THE AIRCRAFT MIDFIELD, AND MADE DECISION TO GO AROUND DUE TO INSUFFICIENT RUNWAY LENGTH TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT. UPON GO AROUND THE AICRAFT COLLIDED WITH TREES WEST OF RUNWAY AND CRASH LANDED IN THE MANGROVE. INVESTIGATION REVEALS AIRCRAFT LANDED FROM EAST TO WEST ON RUNWAY 26. INVESTIGATION REVEALED WINDS OUT OF THE EAST SOUTH EAST, INDICATING PIC LANDED DOWNWIND.LANDED DOWNWIND, INSTEAD OF UP WIND, DOWNWIND LANDING INCREASE GROUNDSPEED WHICH CAUSED THE PIC TO OVER SHOOT THE RUNWAY AND TOUCHED DOWN  MIDFIELD. RUNWAY LENGTH IS ONLY 2000 FT.

DECIDED TO GO AROUND, COLLIDED WITH TREES, PLANE APPEARS TO STALL.

## 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 GAA19CA431](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA431), Jul 4, 2019: Diamond DA40 (N420NG), Tavernier, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delayed decision to go around in high-temperature and high-density altitude conditions and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic…

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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