20110307004149A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Diamond DA-40 · Red Pine, ME · March 7, 2011

Date
March 7, 2011 · 20:57 local
Place
Red Pine, ME
Airport
Airport Name
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
CGPDO
Reported as
Diamond DA-40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total1,600 in this make and model30 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Canadian pilot with flight instructor departed cyhz reported picking up substantial amounts of icing on airframe. Attempted an emergency landing when the aircraft would not maintain altitude. Aircraft impacted remote wilderness area resulting in one fatal and one seriously injured. Aircraft destroyed. No post fire. Canadian authorities rescued survivor and us authorities recovered deceased. Some ice found on wreckage leading edges. Aircraft wreckage moved to kfve. Aircraft examined; no mechanical issues discovered. Flight instructor's statement to Maine state police on file.

As the FAA filed it

CANADIAN PILOT WITH FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR DEPARTED CYHZ REPORTED PICKING UP SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF ICING ON AIRFRAME. ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WOULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED REMOTE WILDERNESS AREA RESULTING IN ONE FATAL AND ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. NO POST FIRE. CANADIAN AUTHORITIES RESCUED SURVIVOR AND US AUTHORITIES RECOVERED DECEASED. SOME ICE FOUND ON WRECKAGE LEADING EDGES. AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE MOVED TO KFVE. AIRCRAFT EXAMINED; NO MECHANICAL ISSUES DISCOVERED. FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR'S STATEMENT TO MAINE STATE POLICE ON FILE.