Saturday, January 04, 2020

Runway Excursion: Diamond DA-40 Diamond Star, N4119S; accident occurred September 27, 2019 at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

View of damaged airplane on concrete barrier. 
Federal Aviation Administration 

View of damaged floor board. 
Federal Aviation Administration

Additional Participating Entity:
Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Scottsdale, Arizona

Aviation Accident Factual Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf


Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board: https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms

https://registry.faa.gov/N4119S


Location: Mesa, AZ
Accident Number: GAA19CA582
Date & Time: 09/27/2019, 1722 MST
Registration: N4119S
Aircraft: Diamond DA40
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Defining Event: Runway excursion
Injuries: 1 None
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Instructional

The pilot reported that, he intended to do touch-and-goes in the local traffic pattern. While on the downwind leg, the air traffic controller cleared him to land. During the landing roll, past the halfway point on the runway, he increased the engine power to full to takeoff and told the controller that he was doing a "go-around". The controller immediately instructed him to exit the runway on to the last taxiway so the pilot "cut the entire power", applied brakes and full right rudder, but the airplane skidded, exited the runway and impacted a concrete barrier.

The airplane sustained substantial damage to the forward, lower fuselage.

The flight safety officer reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

The pilot added that he wanted to do touch and goes but did not accurately communicate his intentions to the air traffic controller.

Pilot Information

Certificate: Private
Age: 27, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Single-engine Land
Seat Occupied: Left
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used:
Instrument Rating(s): None
Second Pilot Present: No
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: No
Medical Certification: Class 3 Without Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 10/01/2018
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent: 04/18/2019
Flight Time:  (Estimated) 187 hours (Total, all aircraft), 187 hours (Total, this make and model), 98 hours (Pilot In Command, all aircraft), 44 hours (Last 90 days, all aircraft), 16 hours (Last 30 days, all aircraft)

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: Diamond
Registration: N4119S
Model/Series: DA 40 Undesignated
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture: 2010
Amateur Built: No
Airworthiness Certificate:Normal 
Serial Number: 40.804
Landing Gear Type: Tricycle
Seats: 4
Date/Type of Last Inspection: 09/21/2019, AAIP
Certified Max Gross Wt.: 2646 lbs
Time Since Last Inspection:
Engines: 1 Reciprocating
Airframe Total Time: 9565.5 Hours at time of accident
Engine Manufacturer: Lycoming
ELT: C126 installed, not activated
Engine Model/Series:IO-360-MIA 
Registered Owner: Cae Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix Inc
Rated Power: 180 hp
Operator: Cae Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix Inc
Operating Certificate(s) Held: Pilot School (141)

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KFFZ, 1380 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 0 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 0054 UTC
Direction from Accident Site: 328°
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Visibility:  10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: 5 knots /
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual: None / None
Wind Direction: 290°
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual: N/A / N/A
Altimeter Setting: 29.75 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 29°C / 14°C
Precipitation and Obscuration: No Obscuration; No Precipitation
Departure Point: Mesa, AZ (FFZ)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Destination: Mesa, AZ (FFZ)
Type of Clearance: VFR
Departure Time: 1716 MST
Type of Airspace: Class D

Airport Information

Airport: Falcon Fld (FFZ)
Runway Surface Type: Asphalt
Airport Elevation: 1394 ft
Runway Surface Condition: Dry
Runway Used: 22R
IFR Approach: None
Runway Length/Width: 3799 ft / 75 ft
VFR Approach/Landing: Touch and Go; Traffic Pattern

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 None
Aircraft Damage: Substantial
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: None
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 None
Latitude, Longitude: 33.460833, -111.728333 (est)

3 comments:

  1. Proper communication of your intentions to ATC/CTAF is a fundamental of flying responsibility and stressed over and over in training. Controllers need to know intentions to land or do touch and goes to work with other traffic in the pattern accordingly. If you are instructed to "land" you land and don't just decide to take off again for a touch-and-go. A rookie mistake even though he had nearly 200 hours total time (and I would question why nearly half of those hours were not as PIC).

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  2. Let's remember that any aircraft on the rwy "owns" the runway and can alway do a go around. Unable is a very important word in a pilots vocabulary.

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  3. A go-around is not the same thing as deciding to do a touch and go after your intentions were given to ATC to land. Hence the controller telling him to exit the runway. Totally his fault.

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