# Accident 20151012023159A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Marshall, TX, October 12, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 2015, 04:00 local time
- Place: Marshall, TX
- Airport: Harrison County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5206° N, 94.3078° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5206&lon=-94.3078&mi=10
- Aircraft: N165DC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN16LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151012023159A

## Narrative

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

PILOT AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE AT HARRISON COUNTY MARSHALL TX  AIRPORT WHERE HE HAD PREVIOUSLY ATTENDED FLIGHT TRAINING.  PILOT STATED THEY WERE WASHING THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO GO FOR A QUICK FLIGHT TO SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AND BACK.  AFTER PREFLIGHT AND FUEL QUANITY CHECK THEY DEPARTED FOR RECREATIONAL FLIGHT.   UPON RETURN 6 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN ROUGH.  PILOT TRIED TO RESTART BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFULL.  PILOT CONTACTED SHREVEPORT REGIONAL  AND ALERTED CONTROLLER THEY WERE GOING DOWN WHILE HE ATTEMPTED BEST GLIDE SPEED.  AIRCRAFT CONTACTED GROUND WITHOUT POWER AND BROKE THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR.

## 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 CEN16LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN16LA018), Oct 12, 2015: Diamond DA20-C1 (N165DC), Waskom, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to operate the airplane without the owner’s permission and his lack of preflight planning, which resulted a total loss of engine power due fuel exhaustion.

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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