- Date
- March 10, 2004, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Bardstown, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N316MADiamond Aircraft Industries DA-40
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 2004
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20040310004069A
- Case key
- 58876
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot circled the field twice and then prepared for a landing to the south, with full flaps. He flew as close as possible to the trees during the final approach and then performed a "slip" to lose altitude. As the airplane touched down half-way down the 2,500 foot-long turf runway, the pilot retracted the flaps and applied maximum braking. The pilot stated that he "lost directional control" during the landing rollout, the airplane ran off the left side of the runway, and spun 180-degrees. During the runway excursion, the airplane impacted a knoll, which substantially damaged both wings. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Factual narrative
On March 10, 2004, at 1145 eastern standard time, a Diamond DA-40, N316MA, was substantially damaged during landing at a private field about 5 miles northeast of Bardstown, Kentucky. The certificated airline transport pilot and passenger were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the personal flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
According to the pilot, he circled the field twice and then prepared for a landing to the south, with full flaps. The pilot flew as close as possible to the trees during the final approach and then performed a "slip" to loose altitude. As the airplane touched down half-way down the 2,500 foot-long turf runway, the pilot retracted the flaps and applied maximum braking. The pilot stated that he "lost directional control" during the landing rollout, the airplane ran off the left side of the runway, and spun 180-degrees. During the runway excursion, the airplane impacted a knoll, which substantially damaged both wings.
The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316MA
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-40
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 40-287
- Airframe hours
- 531
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Shawn Honaker
- Registered owner
- Honaker Aviation Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 2004 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- BRY · Bardstown, KY
- Destination
- NONE · Hensel Field, KY
- Airport
- NONE · Hensel Field, runway 180, 2,500 × 60 ft, grass/turf
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Last flight review
- January 7, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,910 total · 70 in this make and model · 4,780 as pilot in command · 113 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.32 inHg
- Observed at
- FTK, 27 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N316MA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.