# Accident 20210221000929A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Fishers, IN, February 21, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 21, 2021, 11:10 local time
- Place: Fishers, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis Metropolitan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9354° N, 86.0451° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9354&lon=-86.0451&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N465US) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 107 total, 6 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210221000929A

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2021, AT APPROXIMATELY 1110 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) (1610Z), A DIAMOND DA20, N465US, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER LANDING WITHOUT A NOSE WHEEL AT THE INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (UMP), FISHERS, INDIANA.  THE PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE UNINJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR) PART 91.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED SMITH FIELD (SMD), FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, AT APPROXIMATELY 0929 EDT, WITH A ?TOUCH AND GO? LANDING AT INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL (IND), INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.  AFTER THE TAKEOFF (AT IND), UNBEKNOWNST TO THE PILOT, THE NOSE WHEEL FELL FROM THE AIRCRAFT. TOUCHDOWN AT UMP WAS REPORTED NORMAL AND THE PILOT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUE UNTIL THE NOSE STRUT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY UPON ROLLOUT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA134), Feb 21, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (N465US), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare that resulted in a bounced touch and go landing and subsequent nose wheel separation.

## Other reports on N465US (1)

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

- [Accident 20071011824239A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071011824239A), Oct 11, 2007: Diamon DA20C1 (N465US), Santaquin, UT, Substantial damage. (-23) During student pilot's th. Hour of supervised solo flight, the aircraft engine quit while recovering from a stall & adding power for slow flight. Student…

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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