Aircraft Impacted Short Of The Runway

A flight instructor and student pilot were injured late Monday morning when their Diamond DA20-C1 impacted short of the runway while attempting to land at Pueblo Memorial Airport (PUB).

The Pueblo Chieftain reports the aircraft (type shown above) was practicing touch-and-goes when the aircraft landed short of the runway threshold, and tumbled down a ravine. The aircraft came to rest inverted, on its forward-opening canopy.

The student pilot was able to free himself from the plane, but rescue workers labored for over half an hour to free the instructor -- removing the plane's wing, engine and firewall so the trapped pilot could be removed.

Pueblo Fire Department spokesman Woody Percival said one of the men was airlifted to St. Mary-Corwin Medical Center, while the second was taken by ambulance to Parkview Medical Center. The identities of the men weren't released, and their conditions were unknown as of Tuesday morning.

The aircraft was owned by Colorado Springs-based Doss Aviation, which was contracted in March 2006 by the US Air Force to provide initial ab-initio flight training for cadets at the US Air Force Academy.

The FAA and USAF will investigate the accident.

IDENTIFICATION
  Regis#: 939DA        Make/Model: DA20      Description: DIAMOND DA20-C1
  Date: 09/08/2008     Time: 1740

  Event Type: Accident   Highest Injury: Serious     Mid Air: N    Missing: N
  Damage: Unknown

LOCATION
  City: PUEBLO   State: CO   Country: US

DESCRIPTION
  AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER,
  NEAR PUEBLO, CO

INJURY DATA      Total Fatal:   0
                 # Crew:   2     Fat:   0     Ser:   2     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Pass:   0     Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   
                 # Grnd:         Fat:   0     Ser:   0     Min:   0     Unk:   

WEATHER: PUB METAR 1753Z 12007KT 10SM BKN025 OVC039 12/04 A3030

OTHER DATA
  Activity: Training      Phase: Landing      Operation: OTHER

  FAA FSDO: DENVER, CO  (NM03)                    Entry date: 09/09/2008

FMI: www.faa.gov, www.usafa.af.mil, www.dossaviation.com