20200718009719I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Mesa, AZ · July 18, 2020

Date
July 18, 2020 · 09:40 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Fld
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N313AF
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-M1A+
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
65 total65 in this make and model19 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.

Student pilot on solo flight practicing full stop taxi backs. Had already completed two full stops and 1 go-around. On third landing, he thought the aircraft was a little high in the flare and reduced power caused a sink rate. Aircraft bounced twice and the nose gear collapsed after the second bounce causing prop strike on the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PILOT ON SOLO FLIGHT PRACTICING FULL STOP TAXI BACKS. HAD ALREADY COMPLETED TWO FULL STOPS AND 1 GO-AROUND. ON THIRD LANDING, HE THOUGHT THE AIRCRAFT WAS A LITTLE HIGH IN THE FLARE AND REDUCED POWER CAUSED A SINK RATE. AIRCRAFT BOUNCED TWICE AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER THE SECOND BOUNCE CAUSING PROP STRIKE ON THE RUNWAY.