# NTSB investigations: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB WPR25LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA009.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Oct 2, 2024 · N4199M · Substantial damage
  > The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain airspeed during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA21LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA179.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Tampa, FL · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Mar 26, 2021 · N392DC · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a nose landing gear collapse.
- [NTSB WPR20CA305](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR20CA305.md): Diamond DA20 · Fillmore, UT · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Data collection · Final report · Sep 11, 2020 · N802CT · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's improper landing flare and delayed remedial action to abort the landing, which resulted in a loss of aircraft control, runway excursion and impact with terrain.
- [NTSB CEN15LA275](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA275.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Pueblo, CO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 10, 2015 · N919DA · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s decision to continue the approach and landing despite recognizing that the wind speed was above the published limit for solo flight, which resulted in a porpoised landing. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the flight…
- [NTSB ERA14CA400](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA400.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Stow, MA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Aug 9, 2014 · N497PA · Substantial damage
  > The flight instructor/pilot's failure to recover from a bounced landing, which resulted in a hard landing and the subsequent collapse of the nose landing gear. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's lack of total experience in the make and…
- [NTSB ERA14CA095](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA095.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Milledgeville, GA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jan 16, 2014 · N353DC · Substantial damage
  > The student pilots inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.
- [NTSB ERA10CA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10CA196.md): Diamond DA20 · Chesapeake, VA · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Mar 27, 2010 · N552MA · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.
- [NTSB WPR09CA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA322.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · Spanish Fork, UT · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jul 1, 2009 · N765DC · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot’s improper landing flare.
- [NTSB CEN09CA304](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA304.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · San Antonio, TX · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · May 10, 2009 · N169PA · Substantial damage
  > The instructor pilot’s improper landing flare.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2990001')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' s WHERE s.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND s.aircrafts_position = x.position AND s."tier2Number" = '092' AND s.case_mkey IN (SELECT case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_events.parquet' WHERE "isDefiningEvent")))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence?model=2990001

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