# Accident 20190807013469A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Pueblo, CO, August 7, 2019

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2019, 08:08 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3DOR
- Location: 38.2900° N, 104.4981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2900&lon=-104.4981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979DA-2020-11-02) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 18 total, 17 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA490) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190807013469A

## Narrative

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

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.

## 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 GAA19CA490](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA490), Aug 7, 2019: Diamond DA20 (N979DA), Pueblo, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading during an attempted aborted landing, which resulted in a runway excursion onto rough terrain.

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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