20121210028619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 · Lake Park, GA · December 10, 2012

Date
December 10, 2012 · 19:50 local
Place
Lake Park, GA
Airport
Valdosta Regional
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N840DS
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA13FA083
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
Reported engine
Lycoming IO-360-MIA+
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total122 in this make and model3 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.

By evidence of the crash site the aircraft appeared to have had a controlled flight into the trees and the ground at a low angle and high velocity destroying the aircraft and fataly injuring the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

BY EVIDENCE OF THE CRASH SITE THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO HAVE HAD A CONTROLLED FLIGHT INTO THE TREES AND THE GROUND AT A LOW ANGLE AND HIGH VELOCITY DESTROYING THE AIRCRAFT AND FATALY INJURING THE PILOT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.