Wednesday, September 28, 2022

Diamond DA20-C1, N4107F: Incident occurred September 18, 2022 at Falcon Field Airport (KFFZ), Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Scottsdale, Arizona

Aircraft had stabilizer failure during run up. 

CAE Oxford Aviation Academy Phoenix Inc


Date: 18-SEP-22
Time: 15:00:00Z
Regis#: N4107F
Aircraft Make: DIAMOND
Aircraft Model: DA20
Event Type: INCIDENT
Highest Injury: NONE
Flight Crew: 1 No Injuries
Pax: 1 No Injuries 
Aircraft Missing: No
Damage: UNKNOWN
Activity: FAR 141 PILOT SCHOOL
Flight Phase: STANDING (STD)
Operation: 91
City: MESA
State: ARIZONA

6 comments:

  1. Something must have been broke for a while…stab failure? Did it fall off?

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  2. Wonder why a preflight didn't catch it.

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  3. They don’t specify the nature of the failure. I rented a C172 from a place once, and the flight controls were fine during preflight. At the hold short line ready for takeoff, during a pre takeoff control check, the yoke got hung up on some electrical wiring behind the instrument panel. During preflight it was fine.

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    1. Now that's a scary thought. It took more than the initial ground flight control check prior to taxi out to catch those rogue wires that got loose for whatever reason.

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    2. This was the entire tail, my Mx experience is extensively DA40/42/62 including NG of all those, but I’d bet the 20 has a similar tail/elevator set up. Held on by 4 metal bars and 8 bolts, guessing one of those sheared

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  4. Those KFFZ CAE Oxford airplanes are flown hard, with multiple students in all phases of training up through CFI pretty much weather-permitting every day 24/7. Maintenance ops there runs 24/7 as well.

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