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Incident

FAA incident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · Currituck, NC · July 5, 2003

Date: July 5, 2003 · 10:30 local
Place: Currituck, NC
Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N644DC
Reported as: Diamon DA20C1
Reported engine: Continental IO240B
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 500 total40 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N644DCRegistration cancelled Sep 10, 2014 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0144 · Built 2001 Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 Engine modelContinental IO-240 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Pilot sean o'rourke was acting as a flight instructor teaching power off stalls to a student in N644DC, during the recovery then engine stopped running. Mr. O'rourke was unable to restart the engine and made an emergency landing in a field. Then about one hour later Mr. O'rourke successfully restarted the engine. He then flew N644DC to cpk (chesapeake airport). Mr. O'rourke did not have a aircraft mechanic check the aircraft after his emergency landing to determine if the aircraft was safe for return to flight. Mr. Copeland the student pilot was on his second flight and has not been issued a student pilot/medical certificate at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT SEAN O'ROURKE WAS ACTING AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR TEACHING POWER OFF STALLS TO A STUDENT IN N644DC, DURING THE RECOVERY THEN ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. MR. O'ROURKE WAS UNABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A FIELD. THEN ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER MR. O'ROURKE SUCCESSFULLY RESTARTED THE ENGINE. HE THEN FLEW N644DC TO CPK (CHESAPEAKE AIRPORT). MR. O'ROURKE DID NOT HAVE A AIRCRAFT MECHANIC CHECK THE AIRCRAFT AFTER HIS EMERGENCY LANDING TO DETERMINE IF THE AIRCRAFT WAS SAFE FOR RETURN TO FLIGHT. MR. COPELAND THE STUDENT PILOT WAS ON HIS SECOND FLIGHT AND HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED A STUDENT PILOT/MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AT THIS TIME.