# Accident 20210326003359A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Tampa, FL, March 26, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2021, 16:05 local time
- Place: Tampa, FL
- Airport: Tampa Exec
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0140° N, 82.3453° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0140&lon=-82.3453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N392DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N392DC) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 214 total, 5 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210326003359A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 26, 2021 AT APPROXIMATELY 1605 EDT N392DC A DA20-C1 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AT TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE AIRPORT BOUNCED UPON TOUCHDOWN  RESULTING IN THE NOSE GEAR TO BREAK OFF WHICH THEN RESULTED IN A PROPELLER STRIKE. THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## 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 ERA21LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA179), Mar 26, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (N392DC), Tampa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a nose landing gear collapse.

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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