# NTSB ATL07CA017: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-C1, N190WA, Raleigh, NC, November 10, 2006

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: November 10, 2006, 09:18 local (14:18 UTC)
- Place: Raleigh, NC
- Coordinates: 35.873054, -78.785552
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8731&lon=-78.7856&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 26, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Greensboro FSDO-05
- NTSB case key (mKey): 64952
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL07CA017
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/64952/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL07CA017

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a go-around, which resulted in a inadvertent stall.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - runway

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-C1
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: CO133
- Airframe hours: 2558.3
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 23; injuries: none; 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

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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