20031001031599I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamon DA20-A1 · Chesapeake, VA · October 1, 2003

Date
October 1, 2003 · 14:00 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Airport
Chesapeake Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N53HA
Reported as
Diamon DA20A1
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX912S3
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
450 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) Number 2 exhaust valve failed and caused the engine failure while in flight. The pilot made off field emergency landing. There was no damage to the airframe.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) NUMBER 2 EXHAUST VALVE FAILED AND CAUSED THE ENGINE FAILURE WHILE IN FLIGHT. THE PILOT MADE OFF FIELD EMERGENCY LANDING. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.