# NTSB GAA23WA079: AMD CH2000, N515DF, La Isabela, Dominican Republic, February 16, 2023

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 5 · Foreign
- Date: February 16, 2023, 22:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place: La Isabela, Dominican Republic
- Coordinates: 19.887333, -71.080417 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.8873&lon=-71.0804&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- Investigation class: Class 5 - No publish
- NTSB office: General Aviation Accidents
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 106792
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=GAA23WA079
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/106792/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA23WA079

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Hard landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092) (defining event); cases with it: [Zenair CH 2000, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md?model=9950100), [All aircraft, 2,102 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/092/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N515DF](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N515DF), registered now, S/N 20-0069, built 2004 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMD CH2000
- Registry model: [Zenair CH 2000](https://openairdocs.org/model/zenair-ch-2000) (registry code 9950100) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 20-0069
- Year built: 2004
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Non-U.S., non-commercial
- Operator: ERALET Rent-a-Plane
- Registered owner: Eralet Inc
- Airport: MDJB, La Isabela

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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