# Incident 20250418004719I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, Statesville, NC, April 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Statesville, NC
- Airport: Statesville Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.7650° N, 80.9539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STATESVILLE RGNL (SVH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.7650&lon=-80.9539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N922L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (registry code 2990014, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4-A (registry code 06402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 430 total, 430 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418004719I

## Narrative

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

DURING A COMMERCIAL PILOT PRACTICAL TEST ON APRIL 18, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1400 LOCAL TIME, THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) ATTEMPTED A SHORT-FIELD LANDING ON RUNWAY 28 IN VFR CONDITIONS. WINDS WERE REPORTED TO BE BETWEEN 180 AND 230 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 17 KNOTS, ACCORDING TO THE DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER (DPE). THE PIC STATED THAT INSUFFICIENT WIND CORRECTION WAS APPLIED DURING THE APPROACH, AND A GUST PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT OFF CENTERLINE, PROMPTING A GO-AROUND. DURING THE TRANSITION TO CLIMB, THE RIGHT WING TOUCHED THE GROUND.

FOLLOWING A NORMAL LANDING AFTER THE GO-AROUND, THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO THE RAMP FOR INSPECTION, WHERE MINOR DAMAGE WAS FOUND ON THE RIGHT AFT OUTBOARD AILERON AND THE RIGHT AFT SECTION OF THE WINGTIP. MAINTENANCE WAS CONTACTED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY RETURNED TO SERVICE.

RELATED SAS RECORD T-EA68-FY25-1341.

REPORT AMENDED 6/12/2025 UPDATED BLOCK 21B PILOT ERROR TO A

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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