# Accident 20150119000499A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Shipshewanna, IN, January 19, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2015, 17:00 local time
- Place: Shipshewanna, IN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7058° N, 85.6131° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7058&lon=-85.6131&mi=10
- Aircraft: N979DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N979DC-2018-02-15) (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 DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 12 total, 12 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA106) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150119000499A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD DEPARTED FROM GOSHEN AIRPORT (GSH) FOR PATTERN WORK AND THEN HE FLEW TO ELKHART AIRPORT (EKM) TO DO MORE PATTERN WORK. HE THEN WENT AWAY FROM AIRPORT (EKM) TO DO SOME FLIGHT MANEUVERS ( TURNS ABOUT A POINT) AND AFTER A COUPLE OF TURNS THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. HE ATTEMPTED TO RESTART BUT THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART.

HE LANDED IN A FIELD BUT IMPACTED A 500 GALLON PROPANE FUEL TANK AND THEN A HOUSE STRUCTURE.

## 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 CEN15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA106), Jan 19, 2015: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 (N979DC), Shipshewana, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total loss of engine power due to impact ice obstructing the primary air induction system, which resulted from the student pilot’s failure to operate the alternate air control. Contributing to…

## Other reports on N979DC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090724017879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090724017879I), Jul 24, 2009: Diamon DA20C1 (N979DC), Indianapolis, IN, Minor damage. (-23) On July 24,2009 this aircraft was on a personal flight from goshen municipal airport (kgsh) to Eagle Creek Airpark (keye). At keye the pilot established…

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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