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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Athens, GA · February 8, 2026

Date
February 8, 2026 · 19:45 local
Place
Athens, GA
Airport
Athens/Ben Epps
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N356DA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
266 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The aircraft experienced a propeller strike during landing. The pilot stated that while landing the aircraft bounced and began several oscillations and that during the third oscillation, the aircraft pitched up and descended hard. A go-around was initiated and the aircraft was flown back to its home base.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A PROPELLER STRIKE DURING LANDING. THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE LANDING THE AIRCRAFT BOUNCED AND BEGAN SEVERAL OSCILLATIONS AND THAT DURING THE THIRD OSCILLATION, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UP AND DESCENDED HARD. A GO-AROUND WAS INITIATED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO ITS HOME BASE.