NTSB investigations: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1

9 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, where the sequence of events included Hard landing. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 per year, 2009–2026: 9 cases
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Query with SQL
duckdb -csv -c "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"

Prints the whole list as CSV. It reads the release’s Parquet files over HTTPS, so there’s nothing to download first. Install DuckDB to run it.

NTSB WPR25LA009Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Mesa, AZThe pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain airspeed during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.Oct 2, 2024 · N4199M · Substantial damageNTSB ERA21LA179Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · LimitedFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Tampa, FLThe pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a subsequent hard landing and a nose landing gear collapse.Mar 26, 2021 · N392DC · Substantial damageNTSB WPR20CA305Accident · No injuriesClass 4 · Data collectionFinal reportDiamond DA20 · Fillmore, UTThe 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.Sep 11, 2020 · N802CT · Substantial damageNTSB CEN15LA275Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Pueblo, COThe 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…Jun 10, 2015 · N919DA · Substantial damageNTSB ERA14CA400Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Stow, MAThe 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…Aug 9, 2014 · N497PA · Substantial damageNTSB ERA14CA095Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Milledgeville, GAThe student pilots inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.Jan 16, 2014 · N353DC · Substantial damageNTSB ERA10CA196Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond DA20 · Chesapeake, VAThe pilot's improper recovery from a bounced landing.Mar 27, 2010 · N552MA · Substantial damageNTSB WPR09CA322Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · Spanish Fork, UTThe student pilot’s improper landing flare.Jul 1, 2009 · N765DC · Substantial damageNTSB CEN09CA304Accident · No injuriesData collectionFinal reportDiamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 · San Antonio, TXThe instructor pilot’s improper landing flare.May 10, 2009 · N169PA · Substantial damage