20240120000109I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG · Greencastle, IN · January 20, 2024

Date
January 20, 2024 · 17:45 local
Place
Greencastle, IN
Airport
Putnam County Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
1L7S
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N948L
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
Reported engine
AUSTRO E4-A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
Pilot’s flight hours
1,060 total213 in this make and model172 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.

While performing a 14 CFR part §141 instructional flight, the certified flight instructor (CFI) was the pilot in command (PIC) of the aircraft during the tenth landing of the flight on runway 36 at the Putnam County Regional Airport. The cfi/pic was demonstrating aircraft landing approach attitude while flying in ground affect down the length of the runway. The cfi/pic attempted to land the aircraft with insufficient remaining runway length. While attempting to slow the aircraft as it approached the end of the runway, the aircraft exited the left side of the runway impacting multiple runway and taxiway lights. The aircraft came to a stop in a field approximately 300 feet beyond the end of the runway. The aircraft sustained minor damage and the two occupants were uninjured.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING A 14 CFR PART §141 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI) WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING THE TENTH LANDING OF THE FLIGHT ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE PUTNAM COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT. THE CFI/PIC WAS DEMONSTRATING AIRCRAFT LANDING APPROACH ATTITUDE WHILE FLYING IN GROUND AFFECT DOWN THE LENGTH OF THE RUNWAY. THE CFI/PIC ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT WITH INSUFFICIENT REMAINING RUNWAY LENGTH. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT AS IT APPROACHED THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IMPACTING MULTIPLE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY LIGHTS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET BEYOND THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE TWO OCCUPANTS WERE UNINJURED.