# Incident 20210125003269I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Van Nuys, CA, January 25, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 2021, 10:40 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N199TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N199TS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 (registry code 2990104, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Thielert TAE-125-01 (registry code 59300, https://openairdocs.org/engine/thielert-tae-125-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 42
- Reported engine: THIELERT TAE-125-01
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 11,100 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210125003269I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING AS A PART 91 AND BEING USED AS A MULTI-ENGINE TRAINER. THE PILOT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION WAS AT THE CONTROLS. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 34L AT VAN NUYS (VNY). WEATHER WAS VFR, WINDS 330 DEGREES @ 09 KTS, GUSTING TO 15KTS. UPON LANDING ROLL-OUT, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING TO THE LEFT. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) TOOK OVER THE CONTROLS INITIALLY BELIEVING THERE WAS A FLAT TIRE. AFTER A FEW MOMENTS, THE LEFT WING STARTED LOWERING TO THE GROUND. THIS WAS DESCRIBED BY THE CFI AS A ?GRADUAL COLLAPSE?. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP WITH THE LEFT WING RESTING ON THE GROUND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE CFI INDICATED THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS OF AN ABNORMAL SITUATION; THE LANDING WAS SMOOTH AND TRACKING STRAIGHT DOWN THE RUNWAY. UPON INSPECTION, THE LEFT-HAND MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD PARTIALLY COLLAPSED INWARD. THE OVER-CENTER MECHANISM WAS IN PLACE AND THE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR FULLY EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N199TS (1)

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

- [Incident 20080427836779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080427836779I), Apr 27, 2008: Diamon DA42 (N199TS), Lakewood, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Diamond DA42, departed Long Beach, CA, airport on an instructional flight and lost the aft passenger door that struck the roof of a house at [privacy…

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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