# Incident 20191204021109I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, North Vernon, IN, December 4, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2019, 13:10 local time
- Place: North Vernon, IN
- Airport: North Vernon Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1L7S
- Location: 39.0453° N, 85.6056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH VERNON (OVO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0453&lon=-85.6056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N662L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N662L) (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 ENGINE AE300
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 707 total, 447 in this make and model, 208 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191204021109I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 4, 2019, AT APPROXIMATELY 1310 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME (EDT) (1820UTC), A DIAMOND DA40NG AIRCRAFT, N662L, OPERATED BY LEADERSHIP IN FLIGHT TRAINING, CONTACTED A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN WHILE CONDUCTING FLIGHT TRAINING OPERATIONS NEAR NORTH VERNON, INDIANA. THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE STUDENT PILOT AND CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WERE NOT INJURED. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 141, PILOT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS.

DURING AN APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 33 AT THE NORTH VERNON AIRPORT (KOVO), IN GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, THE RIGHT SEAT CFI COMMANDED THE STUDENT TO GO AROUND. THE STUDENT WAS SLOW TO RESPOND AND INADEQUATE CROSS WIND CONTROL ALLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO DRIFT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A TAXIWAY LIGHT AND TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE CFI COMMANDED THE STUDENT TO CLOSE THE THROTTLE AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ADJACENT TO THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 840 FEET FROM THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD.

WIND AT THE TIME, REPORTED BY THE STUDENT (FROM THE AWOS), WAS WIND FROM 250° AT 12 KNOTS, WITH GUSTS TO 34 KNOTS.

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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