Pilot Debrief

DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 near West Chester, PA — 2009-06-13

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Date
2009-06-13
Location
West Chester, PA, USA
Airport
OQN
Aircraft
DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
Registration
N659PS
Category
Airplane
Highest injury
None
Fatalities
0

Probable cause

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

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.

NTSB coding

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