# Incident 20210520006239I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Greenville, NC, May 20, 2021

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2021, 09:25 local time
- Place: Greenville, NC
- Airport: Pitt-Greenville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: YJ4S
- Location: 35.6357° N, 77.3841° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PITT-GREENVILLE (PGV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6357&lon=-77.3841&mi=10
- Aircraft: N302DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N302DS) (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-M1B (registry code 41871, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 48 total, 48 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210520006239I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS FLYING SOLO FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT.  PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN FLYING IN THE PRACTICE AREA BETWEEN 45 AND 60 MINUTES.  AFTER LANDING AT PVG AIRPORT THE STUDENT PILOT TAXIED BACK TO THE RUNWAY TO PRACTICE ANOTHER NORMAL TAKEOFF.  HERE IS THE STUDENT PILOT'S STATEMENT:

"I LINED UP ON THE CENTERLINE AND STOPPED. I APPLIED FULL POWER. I SENSED A MILD DRIFT TO THE RIGHT AND APPLIED LEFT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED TO THE LEFT AND I APPLIED (THE USUAL) RIGHT RUDDER.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO VEER LEFT AND I DECIDED TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF.  I CUT THE THROTTLE AND APPLIED THE BRAKES BUT THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT GET BACK TO THE CENTERLINE AND I WENT OFF IN THE GRASS.  I SHUT DOWN AND CALLED FOR HELP."  SIGNED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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