# Incident 20200304005979I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 NG, Palm Coast, FL, March 4, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2020, 15:22 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Airport: Flagler County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.5850° N, 81.2078° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Palm Coast, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5850&lon=-81.2078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N729PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N729PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990205, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,190 total, 70 in this make and model, 222 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200304005979I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 4TH 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  WAS FLYING N729PA (PHXA 806). THEY WERE CONDUCTING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK FOR RUNWAY 24 AT FLAGLER AIRPORT (KFIN). AFTER THEY TOUCHED DOWN ON RUNWAY 241 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   WANTED TO RETRACT THE FLAPS AS THEY WERE PRACTICING A SHORT FIELD LANDING. INSTEAD OF SELECTING THE FLAP LEVER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  ACCIDENTALLY SELECTED THE LANDING GEAR LEVER AND MOVED IT TO THE UP POSITION. THE INSTRUCTOR AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^   BOTH REACTED TO THIS MOTION AND MOVED THE GEAR SELECTOR BACK TO THE DOWN POSITION, BUT AT THIS POINT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR RETRACTED AND THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. DESCRIPTION OF DAMAGE IS AS FOLLOWS: 1- RH WING TIP AND AILERON HAVE ABRASIONS FROM WING STRIKE AND SCRAPE

2- RH FLAP BALANCE WEIGHT BRACKETS FAIRING HAS SIGNIFICANT REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM THE LOWER HALF

3- EMPENNAGE LOWER FIN SKIN ABOVE TAIL SKID IS BROKEN AND TORN. LOWER TAIL FIN MOSTLY DETACHED ABOVE AND AFT OF TAIL SKID.

4- RH ENGINE PROP STRIKE.

## Other reports on N729PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20180924019209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180924019209I), Sep 24, 2018: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42 NG (N729PA), Bunnell, FL, No damage. PIC statement: practicing touch and gos, as soon as we lifted off, at about 20 ft off the runway, a flock of birds flew right in front of the airplane and hit…

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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