# Incident 20251112016889I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Roanoke, VA, November 12, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2025, 12:11 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Airport: Roanoke Regional/Woodrum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N506MA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N506MA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 22 total, 22 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251112016889I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/12/2025 AT 12:11 LOCAL TIME, STUDENT PILOT ON FIRST SOLO FLIGHT ATTEMPTED LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT ROANOKE REGIONAL AIRPORT (KROA) IN GUSTING WIND CONDITIONS.  STUDENT PILOT MADE FIVE PATTERNS, WITH THE FIRST ENDING IN A GO-AROUND DUE TO STEEP APPROACH, THE SECOND AND THIRD BEING SUCCESSFULL TOUCH-AND-GOS, THE FOURTH BEING A BALKED LANDING GO-AROUND AND THE FIFTH PATTERN BEING THE THIRD TOUCH-DOWN.  UPON TOUCHDOWN OF THIRD LANDING (FIFTH ATTEMPT), THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING ROSE UP, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED LEFT DURING ROLL-OUT AND EXITED THE RUNWAY MID-FIELD.  THE STUDENT APPLIED LEFT RUDDER TO PREVENT PROPELLER FROM STRIKING RUNWAY LIGHTS, AND IN DOING SO, THE RIGHT FLAP AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR STRUT MADE CONTACT WITH AND DAMAGED THE RUNWAY LIGHT.  NO FURTHER DAMAGE REPORTED AND NO INJURIES SUSTAINED.

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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