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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Pueblo, CO · August 7, 2019

Date
August 7, 2019 · 08:08 local
Place
Pueblo, CO
Airport
Pueblo Memorial Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
3DOR
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N979DA
NTSB investigation
NTSBGAA19CA490
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240-B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
18 total17 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Approximately two to three seconds after touch down the instructor pilot witnessed that the aircraft became airborne. Once airborne the aircraft began a right rolling motion with excessive noes up pitch attitude. The instructor pilot witnessed the right wing strike the ground. The aircraft remained airborne for two or three seconds then came to rest to the right of the runway.

As the FAA filed it

APPROXIMATELY TWO TO THREE SECONDS AFTER TOUCH DOWN THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WITNESSED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. ONCE AIRBORNE THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A RIGHT ROLLING MOTION WITH EXCESSIVE NOES UP PITCH ATTITUDE. THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT WITNESSED THE RIGHT WING STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED AIRBORNE FOR TWO OR THREE SECONDS THEN CAME TO REST TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.