# Accident 20190713016559A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Broomfield, CO, July 13, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 2019, 13:30 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9050° N, 105.1142° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9050&lon=-105.1142&mi=10
- Aircraft: N388JP (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 137 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA409) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190713016559A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 13, 2019 A DIAMOND DA-40 AIRCRAFT, N388JP, PILOT AND HIS INSTRUCTOR  CONTACTED KBJC TOWER AT 1.0 MILES OUT REQUESTED CLEARANCE FOR MULTIPLE TOUCH AND GO'S. COMPLETED ONE TOUCH AND GO, THEN PROCEEDED TO WITH LEFT TRAFFIC FOR ANOTHER TOUCH AND GO FOR 30L. WIND 350 AT 12 GUST TO 19 AND ABOVE ON FINAL APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING. AS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO FLARE IT DRIFTED TO THE LEFT, PILOT APPLIED RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT AILERON TO CORRECT FOR DRIFT BUT IT WAS INSUFFICIENT. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOING TO DRIFT TO LEFT OF RUNWAY PILOT APPLIED FULL POWER AND BEGAN A GO ROUND. WHEN APPLYING POWER IT WAS NECESSARY TO MAKE SEVERAL CORRECTIONS TO MAINTAIN RUNWAY HEADING PRIOR TO ESTABLISHING A RATE OF CLIMB. BEGAN CLIMB AND BEGAN A GO ROUND. PILOTS  NOTIFIED TOWER THAT WE MAY HAVE IMPACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT DURING THE BALKED LANDING. TOWER ASKED IF WE NEEDED ANY ASSISTANCE. AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING NORMALLY SO NO ASSISTANCE WAS REQUIRED.

AFTER LANDING INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AND NOTICE A SEVERAL SCRATCHES ON THE LEFT AFT FUSELAGE AND SCRAPES TO BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT WINGTIPS AND

AILERONS. AIRPORT PERSONNEL INFORMED THAT A RUNWAY LIGHT WAS DAMAGED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED.

INSPECTED AIRCRAFT THE MONDAY NEXT AND FOUND THAT BOTH AILERONS HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. MADE CONTACT WITH JENNIFER RODI OF THE NTSB AND BECAUSE AILERONS ARE A PRIMARY FLIGHT CONTROL SHE DETERMINED THIS TO BE AN ACCIDENT.

## 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 GAA19CA409](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA409), Jul 13, 2019: Diamond DA 40 (N388JP), Denver, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot receiving instruction's failure to maintain the runway heading and bank control during landing in crosswind conditions, which resulted in a go-around and subsequent collision with a runway…

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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