# Accident 20081220853959A: Diamon DA20C1, Wenden, AZ, December 20, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 20, 2008, 16:00 local time
- Place: Wenden, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2869° N, 113.5711° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2869&lon=-113.5711&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4196M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4196M-2009-05-22) (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: 1
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 93 total, 76 in this make and model, 93 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081220853959A

## Narrative

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

ON 20 DEC 08, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL, N4196M, A DIAMOND DA20-C1 AIRCRAFT, CRASHED IN A DRY WASH ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ALAMO LAKE, ALAMO LAKE STATE PARK, ARIZONA.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED LAKE HAVASU CITY AIRPORT ON A SOLO, CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT TO FFZ.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY SABENA AIRLINE TRAINING CENTER INC. A 14 CFR PART 141 FLIGHT SCHOOL LOCATED AT FFZ.  THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  IT WAS REPORTED BY WITNESSES THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND THE CONDITION OF THE PROPELLER INDICATES THAT THE ENGINE WAS NOT OPERATING AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.

## 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 WPR09FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09FA062), Dec 20, 2008: Diamond DA 20-C1 (N4196M), Alamo Lake State Park, AZ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control during the performance of a maneuver and his failure to recover from the subsequent aerodynamic stall and spin.

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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