# Accident 20071011824239A: Diamon DA20C1, Santaquin, UT, October 11, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 11, 2007, 14:30 local time
- Place: Santaquin, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3294° N, 112.1096° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3294&lon=-112.1096&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465US, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N465US) (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-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- Reported engine: CONT IO240B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 41 total, 41 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA08LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071011824239A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING STUDENT PILOT'S TH. HOUR OF SUPERVISED SOLO FLIGHT, THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT WHILE RECOVERING FROM A STALL & ADDING POWER FOR SLOW FLIGHT. STUDENT ATTEMPTED RESTART WITHOUT SUCCESS. HE CONTINUED INTO AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING. DURING THE LAST PART OF ROLL OUT THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED WHEN IT STRUCK A LARGE SAGE BRUSH. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS NOSE ANOTHER 90 FEET UNTIL IT STOPPED. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED.

## 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 SEA08LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA08LA008), Oct 11, 2007: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 20-C1 (N465US), Santaquin, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. Factors include rough/uneven vegetation-covered terrain at the location where the pilot executed his emergency forced landing.

## Other reports on N465US (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20210221000929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210221000929A), Feb 21, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N465US), Fishers, IN, Substantial damage. On February 21, 2021, at approximately 1110 eastern standard time (EST) (1610Z), a Diamond DA20, N465US, sustained substantial damage after landing without a…

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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