# Accident 20150617020279A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Newnan, GA, June 17, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 2015, 17:00 local time
- Place: Newnan, GA
- Airport: Newnan Coweta County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 33.2799° N, 84.7694° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2799&lon=-84.7694&mi=10
- Aircraft: N353DC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N353DC-2019-03-19) (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 DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 124 total, 124 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150617020279A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS RECEIVING  INSTRUMENT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PLANNED A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM NEWNAN AIRPORT TO HUNTSVILLE AL RETURNING TO NEWNAN GA. AFTER RETURNING TO NEWNAN GA THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENTS DECIDED TO PRACTICE THREE ADDITIONAL APPROACHES AFTER COMPLETING THE APPROACHES THEY DECIDED TO FLY TO THE LAGRANGE VOR TO PRACTICE THE VOR APPROACH. RETURNING TO NEWNAN AT ABOUT 5 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING, THE MIXTURE WAS RETURNED TO FULL RICH, BOOST PUMP TURNED ON THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. THE AIRCRAFT FUEL GAUGE WAS READING ONE QUARTER FUEL REMAINING. UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRPORT THE INSTRUCTOR ELECTED TO LAND IN THE FIELD BELOW HIM. DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEAR OFF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP  THEN SHEARING OFF THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY.

## 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 ERA15CA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15CA243), Jun 17, 2015: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 (N353DC), Moreland, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's inaccurate fuel planning, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N353DC (1)

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

- [Accident 20140116000429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140116000429A), Jan 16, 2014: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1 (N353DC), Milledgeville, GA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was on final to runway 28 when the student pilot notices he was too high. He stated that he places the throttle to flight idle. When he was about to…

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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