# Incident 20230324004249I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Waterford, MI, March 24, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 2023, 16:45 local time
- Place: Waterford, MI
- Airport: Oakland-County International A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CWAS
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N478DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N478DC) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 55 total, 55 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230324004249I

## Narrative

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

AFTER A NORMAL TAXI AND RUN-UP, AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WAS CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF ON RUNWAY 9R AT PTK. THE SOLE OCCUPANT PILOT NOTICED NO SHIMMY OR "ROUGHNESS" WHILE ON THE TAKE-OFF ROLL. DURING CLIMB-OUT AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROXIMATLEY 100 FEET, THE CREW OF AN AIRCRAFT WAITING DEPARTURE RADIOED THE TOWER THAT THEY WITNESSED THE NOSE WHEEL DEPART THE AIRCRAFT AND WHEEL ASSEMBLY WAS ON THE RUNWAY. THIS WAS RELAYED TO THE PILOT AND AFTER ONE LOW-APPROACH THE PILOT PERFORMED A SOFT-FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 9L. DURING MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN THE PILOT CUT-OFF THE ENGINE, HELD THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL TOOK SEVERAL PHOTOFGRAPHS FOR THE FAA AND TOWED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS HANGAR.

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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