# Accident 20240812022259A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Winder, GA, August 12, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2024, 11:45 local time
- Place: Winder, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9916° N, 83.7236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winder, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9916&lon=-83.7236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N361DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N361DA) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240812022259A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS DOING A MOCK CHECKRIDE IN PREPARATION FOR A PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE WITH AN INSTRUCTOR.  DURING THE TAKEOFF, BOTH PILOTS FELT A BUMP AT ROTATION.  THE PLANE BEHIND THEM ADVISED THAT THEY HAD LOST THE NOSE WHEEL.  A LOW PASS VERIFIED THE LACK OF A NOSE WHEEL.  INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO RETURN TO THEIR HOME BASE.  THERE THEY ALSO PERFORMED A LOW PASS TO VERIFY THE LACK OF A NOSE WHEEL.  INSTRUCTOR PERFORMED THE LANDING.  THE NOSE GEAR EVENTFULLY COLLASPED BUT THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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