Diamond DA20-C1 Eclipse, N974DA: Accident occurred January 25, 2022 at Butts Army Airfield ( KFCS), Fort Carson, Colorado

This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed. 

The National Transportation Safety Board did not travel to the scene of this accident. 

Additional Participating Entity:

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Denver, Colorado

Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board:

https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket

L3 Doss Aviation

CAE-Doss

USAF 1st Flying Training Squadron

https://registry.faa.gov/N974DA

Location: Fort Carson, Colorado 

Accident Number: CEN22LA110

Date and Time: January 25, 2022, 07:28 Local 

Registration: N974DA

Aircraft: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1

Injuries: 2 None

Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General aviation - Instructional

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC

Registration: N974DA

Model/Series: DA20-C1

Aircraft Category: Airplane

Amateur Built:

Operator: 

Operating Certificate(s) Held: None

Operator Designator Code:

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: VMC

Condition of Light: Day

Observation Facility, Elevation: KFCS, 5838 ft msl

Observation Time: 07:39 Local

Distance from Accident Site: 0 Nautical Miles 

Temperature/Dew Point: -3°C /-8°C

Lowest Cloud Condition: Scattered / 3400 ft AGL

Wind Speed/Gusts, Direction: 17 knots / 22 knots, 20°

Lowest Ceiling: 

Visibility: 10 miles

Altimeter Setting: 29.97 inches Hg

Type of Flight Plan Filed: None

Departure Point: Pueblo, CO (KPUB) 

Destination: Fort Carson, CO

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 2 None 

Aircraft Damage: Substantial

Passenger Injuries: 

Aircraft Fire: None

Ground Injuries: N/A 

Aircraft Explosion: None

Total Injuries: 2 None 

Latitude, Longitude: 38.672946,-104.7501 (est)

A small aircraft used for training Air Force pilots landed short of a Fort Carson runway early Tuesday. No injuries were reported, according to a military press release.

At about 7:30 a.m., a Diamond DA20-C1 Eclipse landed short of a runway on Fort Carson. The civilian flight instructor and pilot under instruction, a member of the Air Force, were taken to Evans Army Medical Center on post “out of precaution,” according to Benjamin Faske, chief of public affairs for the 12th Flying Training Wing, out of Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

The 1st Flying Training Squadron, part of the 12th Flying Training Wing, provides flight training out of Pueblo Memorial Airport.

Next steps include an investigation into what happened and a damage assessment of the aircraft, which did not overturn, Faske said.

https://gazette.com