# Accident 20020706018759A: Diamon DA20C1, Leesburg, VA, July 6, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2002, 10:35 local time
- Place: Leesburg, VA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1225° N, 77.5603° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1225&lon=-77.5603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N960CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N960CT-2003-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC02FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020706018759A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 09:45 JAMES SCAMBOS AND HIS SON DEPARTED JYO FOR SOME LOCAL FLYING. AFTER DOING A TOUCH AND GO AT JYO THE PATTERN STARTED TO GET BUSY SO THEY ELECTED TO HEAD NORTH TOWARD POINT OF ROCKS MARYLAND. MR. SCAMBOS SON STATED THAT AT AROUND 10:10E TIME THE ENGINE WENT TO IDLE. MR. SCAMBOS TRIED RESETTING ALL THE ENGINE CONTROLS BUT NOTHING HELPED. MR. SCAMBOS ALSO TRIED DIFFERENT MAGNETOS THIS ALSO DID NOT HELP. A DISTRESS CALL WAS MADE AND THEY HEADED BACK TO JYO INITIAL CALL SAID 5 MILES OUT BUT IN FACT THEY WERE ONLY AROUND 3 MILES OUT. JAMES SCAMBOX WAS IN THE LEFT SEAT FLYING IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION WHEN A PRIVATE PILOT ANDREW STEKETEE HEARD THEIR CALL AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT APPROACHING FROM THE SOUTH AS HE WAS HEADED IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. MR. STEKETEE RADIOED THE DISTRESSED AIRCRAFT AND ASKED IF ANY HELP WAS NEEDED, AT THE SAME TIME MADE A 180 DEGREE TURN AND LINE UP ON THE LEFT WING HIGH TO MR. SCAMBOS AS NOT TO INTERFERE WITH ANY MANEUVERS MR. SCAMBOS MIGHT MAKE. THE DISTRESSED AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED SOUTH TOWARDS JYO BUT REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE THE AIRPORT AT THIS TIME HE WAS DIRECTLY OVER THE OLD TOWN OF LEESBURG MR. SCAMBOS MADE A 180 DEGREE TURNAND WAS GOING TO LAND AT IDA LEE PARK IN LEESBURG. AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30E ON HIS FINAL LEFT TURN OVER TUDOR CT IN LEESBURG THE LEFT WING STALLED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO STRIKE THE GROUND AT A 30 TO 40 DEGREE ANGLE LEFT WING LOW. THE LEFT WING TIP AND NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE GROUND AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME. THE LEFT WING BROKE FROM THE FUSELAGE AND TURNED 90 DEGREES WITH THE LEADING EDGE TOWARD THE GROUND. THE NOSE GEAR AND LEFT MAIN GEAR SHEARED OFF AND CAME TO REST IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE. THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT BROKE FROM THE FUSELAGE APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 8 FEET BEHIND THE COCKPIT. THE ENGINE MOUNTS BROKE BUT REMAINED WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE NUMBER 4-CYLINDER FRONT LEFT AND THE FUEL PUMP WERE SEVERELY DAMAGED. THE FLIGHT CONTROL STICK WAS SEPARATED FROM ITS HOUSING, WHICH WAS ALSO CRACKED. THE ELEVATOR PUSH ROD BROKE FROM THE CONTROL COLUMN ON IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT SKID UP A DRIVEWAY APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET AFTER CONTACT AND CAME TO REST IN THE DRIVEWAY AT 415 TUDOR CT. LEESBURG, VA.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC02FA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC02FA131), Jul 6, 2002: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20C-1 (N960CT), Leesburg, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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