# Incident 19980327017139I: Diamon DA20A1, Lancaster, PA, March 27, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1998, 16:55 local time
- Place: Lancaster, PA
- Airport: Lancaster
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1224° N, 76.2944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER (LNS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1224&lon=-76.2944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50ML, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50ML-2010-07-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1 (registry code 2990000, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20A1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 39 total, 39 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980327017139I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

POWER LOSS ON CLIMB FROM TOUCH GO. ENGINE FAILED ON FINAL. THROW ROD CRACKED CASE. OIL VAPORS IGNITED.

## Other reports on N50ML (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20070421004589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070421004589A), Apr 21, 2007: Diamon DA20A1 (N50ML), Warrenton, MO, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot [privacy data omitted] was enroute to California after picking this aircraft up in doylestown, pa (kdyl). He had made a fuel stop at the…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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