# Incident 20240425015489I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Pueblo, CO, April 25, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2024, 14:29 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 5DOS
- 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: N928DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N928DA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240425015489I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 25, 2024 A DA20 WAS TAXING AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT, CO (KPUB). THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A STRONG GUST WHICH LED TO THE AIRCRAFT EXITING THE TAXIWAY AND ONTO THE ADJACENT GRASS AREA. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT HAD LANDED ON RUNWAY 8L AND WERE TAXIING WESTBOUND BACK TO THE RAMP AREA. THE PILOT FELT THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING SUDDENLY PULLED TO THE LEFT. APPLICATION OF RIGHT RUDDER AND RIGHT BRAKE DID LITTLE TO CORRECT THE DIRECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT A WIND GUST SHOWN TO BE FROM 150 AT 27 KNOTS HAD PUSHED THE VERTICAL SURFACE AREA OF THE TAIL ENOUGH TO POINT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO THE LEFT. THE THROTTLE HAD BEEN CLOSED PRIOR TO LEAVING THE NARROW TAXIWAY YET THE AIRCRAFT ULTIMATELY ROLLED ONTO THE GRASSY AREA NEXT TO THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOTS WERE NOT INJURED AND EXAMINATION REVEALED NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR MALFUNCTION OF CONTROLS.

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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