# Incident 20001106018339I: Diamon DA20A1, Pembroke Pines, FL, November 6, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2000, 19:49 local time
- Place: Pembroke Pines, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: BY8S
- Location: 26.0031° N, 80.2239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pembroke Pines, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0031&lon=-80.2239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N125MF-2004-12-22) (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
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX912
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 420 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001106018339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT IN COMMAND REPORTED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT - LANDED NEAR /0B/ AT HIGHWAY U.S. 27 AND PINES BOULEVARD-A/C CAUGHT FIRE, TWO (2) SOLES ON BOARD-NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED (HH REPORT). PILOT AND STUDENT SAID THEY DEPARTED HOLLYWOOD/NORTH PERRY AIRPORT (HWO) TO TRAIN IN THE PRACTICE AREA OVER THE PUMPING STATION THAT IS NORTH WEST OF (HWO) AIRPORT. AFTER TRAINING FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, BOTH SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING WHICH SMELLED LIKE PLASTIC. THE PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO (HWO) AIRPORT, BUT, LOST POWER IN THE AIRCRAFT, AND WAS FORCED TO LAND ON U.S. 27 ON THE SOUTH BOUND LANE. BOTH THE PILOT AND THE STUDENT REPORTED THAT THEY HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A BACK FIRE COMING FROM THE ENGINE JUST PRIOR TO TOUCH DOWN ON U.S. 27. THEY LANDED SAFELY, BUT THE ENGINE BURST INTO FLAMES SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN. THE PILOT AND STUDENT PUSHED THE AIRCRAFT CLEAR OFF THE HIGHWAY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE AWAY, CAME AND EXTINGUISED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR FATALITIES. THE ENGINE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND COWL SUSTAINED SOME MINOR DAMAGE. THE ENGINE MOUNTS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE AIRFRAME, WERE NOT DAMAGED. THIS IS CLAS SIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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