Diamond DA 40 N659PS

Summary

On 13 June 2009 at about 12:30 local time, a Diamond DA 40 registered N659PS was involved in an accident near West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

13 June 2009 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

Nearest airport

Brandywine (OQN)

Coordinates

39.9900, -75.5819

Aircraft

Diamond DA 40

Registration

N659PS

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

West Chester → West Chester

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA09CA341

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s improper recovery from a bounced landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The certificated flight instructor and his student remained in the airport traffic pattern to practice several full-stop landings. While on approach the student flared high and the airplane dropped 8 to 10 feet, contacting the 3,375-foot-long by 50-foot-wide runway and then bouncing back into the air. While the pilot initiated a go-around, the airplane drifted left of the runway and the airplane's left wing impacted trees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the wing spar and came to rest on the edge of the runway. Neither the flight instructor nor the student reported any mechanical failures or malfunctions of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.