# Incident 20200718009719I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Mesa, AZ, July 18, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2020, 09:40 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313AF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N313AF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 65 total, 65 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200718009719I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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