# Accident 20050921025299A: Diamon DA20C1, Pleasanton, TX, September 21, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2005, 11:32 local time
- Place: Pleasanton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.9883° N, 98.5058° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.9883&lon=-98.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63PA-2007-08-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,400 total, 75 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW05FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA244) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050921025299A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 21, 2005, AT 1132 CDT, A DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 20 C1, N63PA, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN FOLLOWING AN IN-FLIGHT COLLISION WITH POWER LINES WHILE MANEUVERING NEAR PLEASANTON, TEXAS. THE CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE NON-CERTIFED STUDENT RECEIVING INSTRUCTION SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE LOCAL FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM STINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (SSF), NEAR SAN ANTONIO TEXAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1045.

## 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 DFW05FA244](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW05FA244), Sep 21, 2005: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA20-C1 (N63PA), Pleasanton, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to maintain clearance from an unmarked transmission line. A contributing factor was the low altitude flight.

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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