# Accident 20130531010859A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1, Linden, NJ, May 31, 2013 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: May 31, 2013, 13:10 local time - Place: Linden, NJ - Airport: Linden Airport - Damage: Destroyed - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 40.6217° N, 74.2528° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6217&lon=-74.2528&mi=10 - Aircraft: N176MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N176MA-2018-03-13) (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: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 20-C1 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 1 - Other injuries: 1 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor - Pilot flight hours: 657 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA259) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130531010859A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. REFERENCE BLOCK 31J THE PILOT TOTAL TIME COULD NOT BE CALCULATED DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PILOT'S CURRENT LOGBOOK COULD NOT BE LOCATED. THE TIMES THAT ARE SHOWN IN BLOCKS 31G-I ARE ESTIMATES BASED UPON RECORDS PROVIDED BY THE FLIGHT SCHOOL WHERE THE PILOT WAS EMPLOYED. ON 05/31/2013 AT 1708 UTC A DIAMOND DA-20, N176MA, DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 27 AT THE LINDEN AIRPORT (LDJ). ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESS DATA THE AIRCRAFT HAD TROUBLE CLIMBING AND TRIED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD BEFORE CRASHING APPROXIMATELY ¾ OF A MILE NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT IN AN ABANDONED RAIL YARD. CRAIG MACCALLUM THE CFI ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS FATALLY WOUNDED AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A STUDENT ON AN INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT LESSON, WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RECOUNTED THE EVENT IN AN INTERVIEW HELD AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LATER THAT SAME DAY. DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL HE HAD HIS FEET ON THE BRAKES AND MR. MACCALLUM ASKED HIM TO PLACE HIS FEET ON THE FLOOR. AFTER DEPARTURE MR. MACCALLUM TOLD HIM THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT PRODUCING FULL POWER AND THEY NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. SOON AFTER MR. MACCALLUM DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND STARTED TO TURN BACK TOWARDS THE FIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOSING ALTITUDE AND MR. MACCALLUM PULLED THE NOSE UP, THE AIRCRAFT STILL WAS LOSING ALTITUDE SO MR. MACCALLUM PULLED THE NOSE UP AGAIN, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DESCEND QUICKLY TOWARDS THE GROUND WHERE IT HIT THE TRAIN TRACKS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ESTIMATED THE AIRCRAFT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 800?. RADAR PLOTS INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT CLIMB ABOVE 200?. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED IN THE ACCIDENT. ## 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 ERA13FA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13FA259), May 31, 2013: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20-C1 (N176MA), Linden, NJ, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inadequate preflight planning and his decision to take off with the airplane at a high gross weight in high temperature conditions that degraded the engine’s available power… ## Other reports on N176MA (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Accident 20090305005039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090305005039A), Mar 5, 2009: Diamon DA20C1 (N176MA), Morristown, NJ, Substantial damage. (-23) On 03/05/2009 at 1243 EST the subject aircraft being operated by the subject airman was cleared for take-off on rwy 23 at kmmu by the kmmu tower. At… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.