# Incident 20230723013089I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Brandy Station, VA, July 23, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2023, 17:15 local time
- Place: Brandy Station, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5255° N, 77.8596° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CULPEPER RGNL (CJR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5255&lon=-77.8596&mi=10
- Aircraft: N205BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N205BL) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 40 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230723013089I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 17:15L EDT, SOLO STUDENT PILOT WAS PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF ON HARD SURFACE DRY RUNWAY. WEATHER WAS VMC WITH STEADY STATE 5 KT QUARTERING CROSSWIND FROM LEFT (CROSSWIND COMPONENT CALC 4 KTS). PILOT HAD MADE TWO TAKEOFFS PRIOR TO INCIDENT AT TWO DIFFERENT AIRFIELDS WITH NO ADVERSE OBSERVATIONS OR AIRPLANE REACTIONS. DURING THE INCIDENT TAKEOFF PILOT INTENDED TO PRACTICE SOFT FIELD TAKEOFF A SECOND TIME. PILOT APPLIED FULL BACK PRESSURE ON CONTROL STICK, MOVED ONTO CENTERLINE AND APPLIED FULL POWER AND RIGHT RUDDER. AT THIS TIME THE AIRPLANE DRIFTED SUDDENLY TO THE LEFT. PILOT ATTEMPTED CORRECTION WITH ADDITIONAL APPLICATION OF RIGHT RUDDER BUT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL LEFT TURN. AIRPLANE DEPARTED RUNWAY SURFACE ONTO ADJACENT GRASS, CROSSED CONCRETE DRAINAGE DITCH WITH RESULTANT PROP STRIKE, AND CAME TO A STOP. PILOT WAS NOT INJURED, SECURED AIRPLANE AND NOTIFIED CFI AND FAA.

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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