20230317022339A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Winnemucca, NV · March 17, 2023

Date
March 17, 2023 · 12:00 local
Place
Winnemucca, NV
Airport
Winnemucca Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N326AF
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR23LA133
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-M1A+
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Student
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total24 in this make and model26 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Student PIC lost control of aircraft due to light turbulence during landing aircraft drifted off the runway and landed in the weeds next to the runway.

As the FAA filed it

STUDENT PIC LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DUE TO LIGHT TURBULENCE DURING LANDING AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND LANDED IN THE WEEDS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.