# Incident 20080428831989I: Diamon DA20C1, Spanish Fork, UT, April 28, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 2008, 10:30 local time
- Place: Spanish Fork, UT
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1132° N, 111.6431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Spanish Fork, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1132&lon=-111.6431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N968CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N968CT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMON DA20C1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 106 total, 51 in this make and model, 23 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080428831989I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  PILOT IS IN THE PROCESS OF MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN INSTRUMENT RATING.  HE PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT ON THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT HE HAD 4 HOURS OF FUEL ONBOARD AND THE PROPOSED FLIGHT WAS 2 1/2 HOURS.  HE MADE A MISCALCULATION HOWEVER, HE ONLY HAD 2 1/2 HOURS OF FUEL AND THE ENGINE QUIT APPROXIMATELY 19 MILES SHORT OF HIS DESTINATION AIRPORT.  HE MADE A SUCCESSFUL FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD WITHOUT INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N968CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20091210053209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091210053209I), Dec 10, 2009: Diamond Air DA 20-C1 (N968CT), Delta, UT, Minor damage. Student pilot on a supervised solo cross country experienced power loss during final approach to runway 30 at Delta, Utah. Aircraft landed short of the runway…

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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