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| Date: | Tuesday 25 January 2022 |
| Time: | 07:28 LT |
| Type: |  Diamond DA20-C1 |
| Owner/operator: | CAE Doss Aviation |
| Registration: | N974DA |
| MSN: | C0484 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8371 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental IO-240-B32B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Fort Carson-Butts Army Airfield, CO (FCS/KFCS) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB) |
| Colorado Springs-Butts AAF, CO (FCS/KFCS) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor reported that he and the student pilot were conducting touch-and-go landings. As the pilot turned from base to final, a 'fairly significant crosswind' that had shifted while they were in the traffic pattern, pushed the airplane left of the runway centerline. After realigning the airplane with the extended runway centerline, right aileron and 'nearly full left rudder deflection' were required to stay on course. When the airplane was on short final, about 200 ft agl, it encountered windshear and descended rapidly impacting the ground about 200 ft short of the runway threshold. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. The pilots reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. The flight instructor reported that he took control of the airplane to initiate a go-around but was unable to arrest the descent before ground impact. About the time of the accident, the student pilot was landing on runway 31 with wind from 360o at 9 knots.
Probable Cause: The windshear encounter on short final approach, which resulted in an excessive decent rate and ground impact.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN22LA110
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=974DA
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N974DA
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2022 15:35 | Spacepope | Added |
| 28-Jan-2022 14:19 | johnwg | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 02:29 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Jan-2022 14:43 | johnwg | Updated [Registration, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Jan-2022 22:36 | Captain Adam | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Feb-2022 16:49 | Captain Adam | Updated [Damage, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 24-Jun-2022 12:12 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
| 24-Jun-2022 12:32 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 24-Jun-2022 12:33 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, ] |
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