20200529007189I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Roanoke, VA · May 29, 2020

Date
May 29, 2020 · 13:09 local
Place
Roanoke, VA
Airport
Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
Phase of flight
Landing: Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N484PA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1
Reported engine
Continental IO-240 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
6,627 total713 in this make and model69 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.

Pic/cfi statement...asked student to execute a low approach over the runway. During the low approach the student raised the nose without adding sufficient power causing airspeed to

Decrease. I directed him to lower the nose and add power but he was slow to respond. I added power and pushed the stick forward slightly (helping the student on the controls rather than

Taking the controls). I then added full power. My reaction was not sufficient to prevent the stall and the aircraft began to yaw left despite full right rudder. With both of us on the controls, I was not able to arrest the yaw and re-establish flying speed. The airplane pointed toward the grass

On the left (south) side of the runway. We impacted the grass on the side of the runway and came to rest pointed approximately south east.

As the FAA filed it

PIC/CFI STATEMENT...ASKED STUDENT TO EXECUTE A LOW APPROACH OVER THE RUNWAY. DURING THE LOW APPROACH THE STUDENT RAISED THE NOSE WITHOUT ADDING SUFFICIENT POWER CAUSING AIRSPEED TO

DECREASE. I DIRECTED HIM TO LOWER THE NOSE AND ADD POWER BUT HE WAS SLOW TO RESPOND. I ADDED POWER AND PUSHED THE STICK FORWARD SLIGHTLY (HELPING THE STUDENT ON THE CONTROLS RATHER THAN

TAKING THE CONTROLS). I THEN ADDED FULL POWER. MY REACTION WAS NOT SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE STALL AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO YAW LEFT DESPITE FULL RIGHT RUDDER. WITH BOTH OF US ON THE CONTROLS, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ARREST THE YAW AND RE-ESTABLISH FLYING SPEED. THE AIRPLANE POINTED TOWARD THE GRASS

ON THE LEFT (SOUTH) SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. WE IMPACTED THE GRASS ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST POINTED APPROXIMATELY SOUTH EAST.