Diamond DA20-C1 N974DA
25 January 2022 · Fort Carson, Colorado, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 25 January 2022 at about 14:28 local time, a Diamond DA20-C1 registered N974DA, operated by Cae-Doss, was involved in an accident near Fort Carson, Colorado, 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.
The record
- Date
- at 14:28
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Fort Carson, Colorado, United States
- Nearest airport
- Butts Aaf (Fort Carson) (FCS)
- Coordinates
- 38.6729, -104.7501
- Aircraft
- Diamond DA20-C1
- Registration
- N974DA
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 2008
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Cae-Doss
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Pueblo → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CEN22LA110
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Probable cause
The windshear encounter on short final approach, which resulted in an excessive decent rate and ground impact.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The flight instructor reported that he and the student pilot were conducting touch-and-go landings. As the pilot turned from base to final, a “fairly significant crosswind” that had shifted while they were in the traffic pattern, pushed the airplane left of the runway centerline. After realigning the airplane with the extended runway centerline, right aileron and “nearly full left rudder deflection” were required to stay on course. When the airplane was on short final, about 200 ft agl, it encountered windshear and descended rapidly impacting the ground about 200 ft short of the runway threshold. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The flight instructor reported that he took control of the airplane to initiate a go-around but was unable to arrest the descent before ground impact. About the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing on runway 31 with wind from 360o at 9 knots.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Diamond DA20 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2022 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Tactical Integrated Training Solutions, LLC | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 2022 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Spanish Fork, Utah, United States | Phoenix Flight Academy | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Jul 2023 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States | Flight Club 502 Inc | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 2021 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Tampa, Florida, United States | Superior Aviation Gateway LLC | No injuries | - |
| 10 Oct 2023 | Diamond DA20 | Almeria, Spain | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 11 Aug 2023 | Diamond DA20-C1 | Cooking Lake, Canada | - | Fatal | 2 |
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