# Incident 20240409022479I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Pueblo, CO, April 9, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2024, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N994DA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N994DA-2024-08-26) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240409022479I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING STUDENT SOLO.  HE PORPOSED ON HIS LANDING AND DAMAGED THE NOSE-GEAR UPON LANDING.

STUDENT PILOT RECEIVED WAS COUNSELED, RECEIVED ADDITIONAL GROUND AND FLIGHT TRAINING.  HE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND RECEIVED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE.

## Other reports on N994DA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20240409003129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240409003129I), Apr 9, 2024: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N994DA), Pueblo, CO, Minor damage. This was a student pilot on his first solo flight. He ballooned while landing and landed on the nose wheel which collapsed. He received additional flights with…

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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