- Date
- November 10, 2006, 09:18 local (14:18 UTC)
- Place
- Raleigh, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N190WADiamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-C1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 2007
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Greensboro FSDO-05
- Case key
- 64952
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in a inadvertent stall.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he attempted a go-around after "he realized he did not have enough runway to land". The pilot stated that he lost control of the airplane and crashed on the runway. Examination of the airplane by a FAA inspector revealed the engine was crushed against the firewall.
Factual narrative
On November 10, 2006, at 0918 eastern standard time, a Diamond DA 20-C1, N190WA, registered to WA Air LLC, and operated by Dillon's Aviation Incorporated as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with the ground during an go-around at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, Raleigh, North Carolina. The airplane received substantial damage. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The private pilot reported no injuries. The flight originated from Fayetteville Regional Airport, Fayetteville, North Carolina, on November 10, 2006, at 0900.
The pilot stated that he attempted a go-around after "he realized he did not have enough runway to land". The pilot stated that he lost control of the airplane and crashed on the runway. Examination of the airplane by a FAA inspector revealed the engine was crushed against the firewall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N190WA
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-C1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CO133
- Airframe hours
- 2,558.3
- Engine
- Continental IO-240, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dillions Aviation, doing business as WA Air LLC
- Registered owner
- WA Air LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · September 1, 2006 · 70.7 hours before
- Departed
- FAY · Fayetteville, NC
- Destination
- RDU · Raleigh/Durham, NC
- Airport
- RDU · Raleigh-Durham International, runway 32, 3,570 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 23
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3
- Last flight review
- December 1, 2005
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 295 total · 82 in this make and model · 246 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.82 inHg
- Observed at
- KRDU