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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event WPR25LA009

2024-10-02 Mesa, Arizona, United States Airport · FFZ None 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N4199M

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA20-C1

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A4F92E

Registrant of record

CAE OXFORD AVIATION ACADEMY PHOENIX INC

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

The pilot receiving instruction’s failure to maintain airspeed during landing and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action, which resulted in a hard landing.

Factual narrative

The operator of the airplane reported that, with the pilot receiving instruction at the flight controls, the approach airspeed for landing was higher than normal. The airplane touched down hard onto the runway and bounced twice. Although the crew attempted to perform a go-around, the airplane bounced a third time and the nose gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the composite section of the lower fuselage. The operator reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airframe or engine that would have precluded a normal operation Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database Retrieved: 2026-02-12

NTSB Findings

Hierarchical cause / factor breakdown from the FAA bulk avdata database. Each finding tagged C (Cause) or F (Factor).

  • Personnel issues-Task performance-Use of equip/info-Aircraft control-Pilot
  • Personnel issues-Action/decision-Action-Delayed action-Instructor/check pilot
  • Aircraft-Aircraft oper/perf/capability-Performance/control parameters-Airspeed-Not attained/maintained

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_2024_WPR25LA009.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (go-around). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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