# Incident 20010516021099I: Diamon DA20A1, Haines City, FL, May 16, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2001, 17:00 local time
- Place: Haines City, FL
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.1128° N, 81.6165° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Haines City, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1128&lon=-81.6165&mi=10
- Aircraft: N442PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N442PC-2013-02-15) (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: 40 total, 40 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010516021099I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 16, 2001 THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM THE KISSIMMEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (ISM) TOWARD THE LAKE WALES AREA FOR AN OVERFLIGHT, WHEN UPON RETURNING TO ISM THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE INDICATING LOW OIL PRESSURE. WHILE LOSING ALTITUDE, THE PILOT APPLIED FULL THROTTLE WHICH RESULTED IN ENGINE SHUDDER AND HEAVY BLUE SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD NEAR HAINES CITY. THE AIRFRAM SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE. ON MAY 18, 2001, INSPECTORS FROM THIS OFFICE INSPECTED THE EXTERIOR OF THE ENGINE WHICH REVEALED A PORTION OF THE #3 CYLINDER CONNECTING ROD HAD PROTRUDED THROUGH THE ENGINE CASING. TO THIS DATE, A SITE FOR A TEAR DOWN INSPECTION HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. PILOT'S STATEMENT AND PHOTOS ATTACHED. ON JUNE 18, 2001, AN ENGINE TEARDOWN INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED AT THE ORLANDO FLIGHT TRAINING MAINTENANCE HANGAR. ENGINE TEARDOWN REPORT ATTACHED.

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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