# NTSB NYC04CA085: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-40, N316MA, Bardstown, KY, March 10, 2004 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report - Date: March 10, 2004, 11:45 local (16:45 UTC) - Place: Bardstown, KY - Coordinates: 37.866664, -85.166664 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8667&lon=-85.1667&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report June 30, 2004 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 58876 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC04CA085 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/58876/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC04CA085 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to attain the proper touchdown point, and his failure to maintain directional control during landing. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll - proper touchdown point - not attained, pilot in command (cause) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - berm ## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N316MA-2012-03-19), registration cancelled 2012-03-19, S/N 40.287, built 2003 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA-40 - Registry model: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (registry code 2990002) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 40-287 - Airframe hours: 531 - Engines: 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 ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 27; injuries: none; 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20040310004069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040310004069A), Mar 10, 2004: Diamon DA40, Bardstown, KY, Substantial damage. (-23) Pilot, shawn honaker, lost control of the aircraft on landing at a Private grass strip. Aircraft departed off the side of the runway and came to a stop.… ## Other investigations on N316MA (1) 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. - [NTSB ERA11LA454](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA454), Aug 15, 2011: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N316MA), Hodgenville, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate takeoff performance planning, which resulted in collision with an obstacle during takeoff from a turf runway that was not long enough for the given conditions. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.