Diamond DA 20 C1 N353DC

Summary

On 16 January 2014 at about 18:30 local time, a Diamond DA 20 C1 registered N353DC, operated by Falcon Aviation Academy, was involved in an accident near Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. One person was 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

16 January 2014 at 18:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Milledgeville, Georgia, United States

Nearest airport

Baldwin County Airport (MLJ)

Coordinates

33.1542, -83.2414

Aircraft

Diamond DA 20 C1

Registration

N353DC

Category

Airplane

Year built

2005

Operator

Falcon Aviation Academy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Newnan → Milledgeville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA14CA095

Nobody was injured.

The student pilots inadequate landing flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

According to the student pilot, while flying the final leg of the traffic pattern, during his solo flight, he noticed that the airplane was "too high," and pulled the power to idle. Then he noted that the airplane was "too fast" and applied back pressure to the control yoke. The airplane then ballooned and subsequently  the student pilot added power to go around; however, the airplane impacted the runway in a nose down attitude, became airborne, impacted the runway again, the nose gear assembly collapsed, and the airplane came to rest in the dirt on the left side of the runway. The accident sequence resulted in substantial damage to the fuselage. There were no reported preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.