# Incident 20020517011769I: Diamon DA40, Clinton, WI, May 17, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 2002, 15:00 local time
- Place: Clinton, WI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5576° N, 88.8680° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clinton, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5576&lon=-88.8680&mi=10
- Aircraft: N607DS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N607DS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA40
- Reported engine: CONT IO360*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 10 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020517011769I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 17, 2002, AT 1500 CDT, A DIAMOND DA-40, N607DS, REGISTERED TO DIAMOND AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES, MADE A PRECAUTIONARY/EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FARM FIELD 8 NM NNE OF CLINTON, WISCONSIN, WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SCHAUMBURG, IL. ON THE MORNING OF MAY 17, 2002. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED JANESVILLE, WI. (JVL), 6 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON THE FARM FIELD.

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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