# Incident 20230105000639I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 42, Belgrade, MT, January 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2023, 12:57 local time
- Place: Belgrade, MT
- Airport: Bozeman Yellowstone International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7772° N, 111.1503° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BOZEMAN YELLOWSTONE INTL (BZN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7772&lon=-111.1503&mi=10
- Aircraft: N460TS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N460TS) (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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230105000639I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COMMERCIAL PILOT/CFI^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS ACTING AS CFI AND PIC OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A DA42 MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT, WHILE A STUDENT PILOT WAS ONBOARD. THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT RATED FOR MULTIENGINE AIRCRAFT, AND WAS WORKING TOWARDS A PRIVATE PILOT - AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND RATING. DURING PATTERN WORK AT BOZEMAN YELLOWSTONE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (KBZN), ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^AND HER STUDENT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT GEAR UP DURING A SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH AND LANDING TO RUNWAY 11. THERE WERE NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS – THE GEAR WAS NOT SELECTED DOWN, AND NEITHER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOR HER STUDENT REALIZED THIS UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO SIGNIFICANT AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, AND THERE WAS EXPECTED DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLERS AND ENGINES AS A RESULT OF THE PROPELLERS CONTACTING THE RUNWAY WHILE THE ENGINES WERE STILL RUNNING.

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT SHE WAS DISTRACTED DURING THE LAP IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN DUE TO A SOLO STUDENT ON TOWER FREQUENCY HAVING DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING INSTRUCTIONS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FOCUSING ON THAT EXCHANGE INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS OCCURRING IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE STUDENT PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE WAS OVERWHELMED BETWEEN THE TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT AND THE FACT THAT IT WAS HIS FIRST SINGLE ENGINE APPROACH. BOTH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HER STUDENT PILOT STATED THAT THE STUDENT PUT HIS HAND ON THE GEAR LEVER AND SAID “GEAR DOWN” BUT DIDN’T MOVE THE LEVER. NEITHER OF THEM CHECKED FOR THEIR STANDARD INDICATION/CALLOUT OF “3 GREEN” AT THAT TIME, OR ON SHORT FINAL. DISTRACTION AND SATURATION OF BOTH PILOTS LIKELY LEAD TO THE OMISSION OF STANDARD PROCEDURES TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND VERIFY THAT IT WAS DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING.

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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