# NTSB CEN14CA153: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20, N108WA, Cleveland, OH, March 6, 2014

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 6, 2014, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place: Cleveland, OH
- Coordinates: 41.517501, -81.683334 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5175&lon=-81.6833&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 1, 2014
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Cleveland FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88896
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN14CA153
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88896/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88896
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14CA153

## Probable cause

The pilot's improper flare and recovery from a bounced landing, which resulted in a loss of control and impact with terrain.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: landing flare](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 11 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 1,285 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062041/cases.md)
- [Action: incorrect action performance](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015): Personnel issues › Action/decision · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 5 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 1,386 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02041015/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Student/instructed pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 37 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: debris/dirt/foreign object](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055/cases.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 101 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022055/cases.md)
- [Object/animal/substance: sign/marker](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015): Environmental issues › Physical environment · Contributed to outcome; cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 214 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/03022015/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Abnormal runway contact](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090) (defining event); cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 12 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 1,506 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/090/sequence.md)
- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, 32 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=2990001), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The solo student pilot reported that he was attempting to make a full stop landing. He attempted to land twice before, but bounced both landing attempts, and ultimately executed go-arounds each time. He reported that during the third attempted landing, he bounced the landing and attempted another go-around, but "could not recover." The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and impacted a distance marker, a stop sign, and a pile of rocks, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings.

## Factual narrative

The solo student pilot reported that he was attempting to make a full stop landing. He attempted to land twice before, but bounced both landing attempts, and ultimately executed go-arounds each time. He reported that during the third attempted landing, he bounced the landing and attempted another go-around, but "could not recover." The airplane veered off the left side of the runway and impacted a distance marker, a stop sign, and a pile of rocks, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N108WA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N108WA-2018-02-15), registration cancelled 2018-02-15, S/N C0098, built 2000 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20
- Registry model: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (registry code 2990001) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-200](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-200) (registry code 17021, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: C0098
- Year built: 2000
- Airframe hours: 5103
- Engines: Continental IO-240 130 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Premier Fligth Academy
- Registered owner: Lake Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, February 20, 2014, 13.8 hours before
- Departed: BKL, Cleveland, OH
- Destination: BKL, Cleveland, OH
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: BKL, Burke Lakefront Airport, runway 6L, 6,000 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 44; injuries: none; student; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: left; restraint: 3-point; flight hours: 12.1 total, 7.3 in this make and model, 0.4 as pilot in command, 6.1 in the last 90 days, 1.7 in the last 30 days, 1.7 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 27 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter: 30.21 inHg
- Observed at: BKL

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20140306001279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140306001279A), Mar 6, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Cleveland, OH, Substantial damage. The student pilot was returning from a long first solo cross country flight. The student pilot was attemping to land at the kbkl airport. The student pilot…

## Docket (4 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on March 14, 2014, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88896. 3.9 MB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 3.7 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410619&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF
- Photo 1 – View of Airplane Nosed-over (item 2, .PDF, 144 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410627&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%201%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20Airplane%20Nosed-over-Master.PDF
- Photo 2 - View of Damage to Wing (item 3, .PDF, 71 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410625&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=%20Photo%202%20-%20View%20of%20Damage%20to%20Wing-Master.PDF
- Photo 3 – View of damage to the wingtip (item 4, .PDF, 71 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40410626&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Photo%203%20%E2%80%93%20View%20of%20damage%20to%20the%20wingtip-Master.PDF

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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