# Accident 20220809019369A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, North Las Vegas, NV, August 9, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2022, 17:57 local time
- Place: North Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: North Las Vegas Regional Airpo
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2107° N, 115.1944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTH LAS VEGAS (VGT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2107&lon=-115.1944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N169PS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N169PS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,231 total, 10 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220809019369A

## Narrative

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

LAS VEGAS, NV (VGT): ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DA20, VFR, WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY12R. RETURNING TO KVGT FROM CROSS-COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT. THE STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO LAND ON RWY12R WITH WEATHER ADVISORY OF WIND FROM 190 AT 09 KTS WITH GUST 16 KTS. ATC OFFERED TO LAND ON RWY25. THE STUDENT PILOT DECLINED ALTERNATE RUNWAY.

DURING APPROACH THE PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED STRONG WIND GUSTS CAUSED PORPOISING. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NOSE FIRST WHEN THE NOSE GEAR HIT HARD AND THE PROPELER STUCK THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED OFF RWY12R INTO THE DIRT WHEN A LARGE CLOUD OF DUST WAS SEEN AS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^SKID OFF RWY12R.

WITNESS MARKS INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED ABOUT 2/3 DISTANCE ACROSS TAXIWAY ALPHA AS PILOT STATED. BEGAN SKIDDING AGAIN ON TAXIWAY PAVEMENT INTO THE DIRT BETWEEN RWY12R AND TAXIWAY DELTA. ABOUT 20 FEET INTO THE DIRT AREA THE PROPELLER STRUCK A SECOND TIME INTO THE DIRT. AIRCRAFT CONTINUE TO SKID THROUGH A TAXI LIGHT FIXTURE BEFORE SLIDING TO A FULL-STOP MISSNG A SECOND LIGHT.

DAMAGE TO ONE TAXI LIGHT AND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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