# Incident 20190920013359I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Heath, OH, September 20, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 2019, 21:07 local time
- Place: Heath, OH
- Airport: Newark Heath
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0247° N, 82.4618° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Newark Heath Airport (VTA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0247&lon=-82.4618&mi=10
- Aircraft: N396JA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N396JA) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 53 total, 53 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190920013359I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT MADE A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING AND UPON TOUCHDOWN, LANDED IN A POSITION TO CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO PORPOISE THREE TIMES. FROM THE THIRD, STUDENT APPLIED FULL POWER TO DEPART AND THE PROP STRUCK THE GROUND AND DETACHED THE NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N396JA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130417007629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130417007629I), Apr 17, 2013: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1 (N396JA), East Liverpool, OH, Minor damage. The flight school mechanic reused a self-locking nut on the nose gear axle through bolt which is in conflict with the Diamond aircraft maintenance manual. The…

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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