# Accident 20110520013809A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Wurtsboro, NY, May 20, 2011 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 20, 2011, 17:45 local time - Place: Wurtsboro, NY - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.5969° N, 74.4583° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5969&lon=-74.4583&mi=10 - Aircraft: N877CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N877CT-2017-06-20) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 2 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 840 total - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA306) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110520013809A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 05/22/2001: ON FRIDAY MAY 20 AT APPROXIMATELY 17:45 N877CT, A DIAMOND AIRCRAFT DA 20-C1, WITH TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD CRASHED INTO A PARKING LOT LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD WERE AIRLIFTED TO WESTCHESTER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES; BOTH WERE ALERT AND TALKING WITH STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS AT THE SCENE. I ARRIVE AT THE SCENE AT APPROXIMATELY 21:45 ON FRIDAY NIGHT NYS POLICE HAD SECURED THE CRASH SITE, AND MARKED THE IMPACT POINT AND DEBRIS PATH ON THE PAVEMENT. OBTAINED PILOT AND OWNER INFO FROM STATE POLICE INVESTIGATOR, SPOKE WITH WURTSBORO AIRPORT MANAGER TO INSURE AIRCRAFT DID NOT TAKE ON FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTING N82, AIRPORT DOES NOT SELL FUEL. UPDATED COMMUNICATIONS CENTER OF ACCIDENT STATUS AND MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH NTSB. SCENE WAS SECURED WITHIN PARKING LOT WHICH HAS CORPORATE SECURITY. RETURNED SATURDAY MORNING COMPLETED ON SITE INVESTIGATION, COORDINATED WITH OWNER AND NTSB TO MOVE AIRCRAFT TO WURTSBORO AIRPORT AND BE SECURED THERE.SITE NOTES: AIRCRAFT IMPACTED PARKING LOT PAVEMENT BRAKING OFF NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY AND ONE PROPELLER BLADE, CONTINUED ON A HEADING OF 210? MAGNETIC FOR APPROXIMATELY 90 FEET WERE IT IMPACTED A CURB AND CHAIN LINK FENCE. PIECES OF BROKEN WOODEN PROPELLER BLADE WERE THROUGH OUT DEBRIS PATH. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON A HEADING OF 080? MAGNETIC WITH THE LEFT WING AND TAIL ASSEMBLY PARTIALLY ENTANGLED IN CHAIN LINK FENCE. NO VEHICLES OR OBJECTS IN THE PARKING LOT WERE STRUCK BY AIRCRAFT. NO POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. EMPLOYEES OF COMPANY WHICH OWNS THE PARKING LOT RESPONDED AND APPLIED ABSORBENT MATERIAL TO THE RESULTING FUEL AND OIL LEAKS. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AS WERE FLIGHT CONTROLS. FLAP CONTROL SWITCH WAS IN THE "T.O." POSITION AND FLAP POSITION APPEARED TO CONCUR WITH THIS SETTING. PROPELLER REMAINED ATTACHED TO ENGINE AND ENGINE REMAINED ATTACHED TO MOUNT AND AIRFRAME. ONE PROPELLER BLADE WAS POINTED IN THE 5 O CLOCK POSITION, AS OBSERVED FROM PILOT'S SEAT, AND WAS BROKEN AT HUB. BLADES OF GRASS WERE NOTED IN THE REMAINING STUB WHICH CORRELATED WITH GOUGE IN LAWN BETWEEN CURB AND FENCE. THE OTHER PROPELLER BLADE WAS POSITION AT THE 11 O CLOCK POSITION WITH NO LEADING EDGE DAMAGE, A SECTION OF THE TRAILING EDGE APPROX 14 " LONG WAS BROKEN OFF FROM TIP TOWARD THE HUB. A SLIGHT SCUFF MARK WAS NOTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS BLADE. THE PROPELLER SPINNER WAS DAMAGED WITH A LARGE FLAT IMPACT AREA ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE.SIGNIFICANT DAMAGED OCCURRED ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DISPLACING THE DASH UPWARDS FROM THE FUSELAGE AND SIGNIFICANT CRUSHING OF THE FLOOR AND FIREWALL. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS SIGNIFICANTLY BENT UP AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT WING SHOWED EVIDENCE OF THE LEFT MAIN TIRE CONTACTING AND DAMAGING THE WING STRUCTURE. TAIL SECTION WAS BROKEN FORWARD OF THE REGISTRATION MARKINGS AND BENT DOWN. CONTROL TUBES WERE DAMAGED AND BENT BUT APPEARED TO BE INTACT.SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS WERE INSTALLED AND APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN USED.05/23/2011: MET WITH STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS AND OBTAINED COPIES OF SUPPORTING DEPOSITIONS TAKEN FROM THREE WITNESSES DRIVING BY THE ACCIDENT SIGHT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND TWO AIRPORT EMPLOYEES.SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO WAS REQUESTED FROM THE OWNER OF THE PARKING LOT. AIRCRAFT WAS SECURED IN HANGAR AT N82.RECEIVED COPY OF SECURITY CAMERA VIDEO FROM PARKING LOT OWNER. 06/01/2011: MET WITH AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURES REPRESENTATIVE AT N82 WITH AND ASSISTED WITH HIS INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT. RECEIVED COPY OF MANUFACTURES REPORT DATED 06/06/2011. 06/20/2011: AIRCRAFT OWNER CALLED AND REQUESTED RELEASING AIRCRAFT RECORDS TO INSURANCE COMPANY, INFORMED HIM I WILL REFER REQUEST TO NTSB. WAS AN ALSO INFORMED THAT PILOT CONDITION WAS SUCH THAT THEY HAVE BEEN RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL. HE ALSO INDICATED THAT WATER WAS DISCOVERED WHILE DRAINING FUEL SUMP DURING PRE FLIGHT FOR THIS FLIGHT. ## 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 ERA11LA306](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA306), May 20, 2011: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 (N877CT), Wurtsboro, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s performance of aerobatic maneuvers at low altitude and his failure to maintain airspeed, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall. 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. 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