# NTSB Accident CEN14TA126
> **DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1** · 2014-01-29 · Fort Carson, CO, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN14TA126
- **Event ID:** 20140130X20427
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2014-01-29
- **Location:** Fort Carson, CO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.678611, -104.754997
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 2
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC
- **Model:** DA20-C1
- **Registration:** N959DA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The flight instructor's loss of control after takeoff following a wake turbulence encounter from a preceding helicopter. Contributing to the accident were the flight instructor's misidentification of the helicopter type and a lack of Federal Aviation Administration wake turbulence separation criteria for a small airplane following a helicopter.

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