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FAA accident report · Diamon DA20-C1 · Key West, FL · March 2, 2008

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Date
March 2, 2008 · 15:15 local
Place
Key West, FL
Airport
Key West International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N859MS
Reported as
Diamon DA20C1
Reported engine
Continental IO240B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
560 total120 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
N859MSRegistration cancelled Jun 28, 2010 · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1S/N C0366 · Built 2006Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1Engine modelContinental IO-240-BReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) The aircraft was getting established on approach to eyw airport at approximately 850 feet of altitude when according to the pilot, the engine failed. The pilot who was by himself in the aircraft, could not ge the engine re-started and the aircraft subsequently impacted the water approximately 3 miles offshore and sank. The pilot who was not injured, exited the aircraft and was rescued about 1.5 hrs later.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS GETTING ESTABLISHED ON APPROACH TO EYW AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 850 FEET OF ALTITUDE WHEN ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, THE ENGINE FAILED. THE PILOT WHO WAS BY HIMSELF IN THE AIRCRAFT, COULD NOT GE THE ENGINE RE-STARTED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTED THE WATER APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES OFFSHORE AND SANK. THE PILOT WHO WAS NOT INJURED, EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS RESCUED ABOUT 1.5 HRS LATER.