# Accident 20161202021299A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Payson, UT, December 2, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 2, 2016, 12:30 local time
- Place: Payson, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0644° N, 111.7267° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0644&lon=-111.7267&mi=10
- Aircraft: N992CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N992CT-2021-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA17CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161202021299A

## Narrative

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

THE STUDENT PILOT STATED, "ON DECEMBER 2, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 AM I DEPARTED THE SPANISH FORK AIRPORT ON A SOUTHBOUND DEPARTURE FOR ST. GEORGE. I CONTACTED MY FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ASKING HIM HOW THE WEATHER WAS FURTHER SOUTH AND HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS JUST GETTING WORSE. WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR ME TO DO A TOUCH AND GO IN CEDAR CITY AND TURN AROUND TO HEAD BACK TO SPANISH FORK. I REMEMBER HIM ASKING ME HOW MUCH FUEL THAT I HAD ON BOARD WHICH WAS ¾ OF A TANK. AS I APPROACHED THE NEPHI AIRPORT I NOTICED THAT I HAD JUST UNDER A QUARTER OF A TANK OF FUEL AND BELIEVED THAT I HAD PLENTY OF FUEL TO COMPLETE THE FLIGHT. SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 AND 15 NM OUT FROM THE SPANISH FORK AIRPORT THE PLANE RAN OUT OF FUEL."

## 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 GAA17CA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA17CA088), Dec 2, 2016: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA-20 (N992CT), Payson, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot's improper in-flight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N992CT (2)

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

- [Accident 20180616008039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180616008039A), Jun 16, 2018: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N992CT), Spanish Fork, UT, Substantial damage. June 16th, 2018, a student and his instructor prepared for a flight to practice instrument procedures. They departed runway 30 at 1023 MST at Spanish Fork…
- [Incident 20060510008569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510008569I), May 10, 2006: Diamon DA20C1 (N992CT), Fresno, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Student pilot was on a solo cross country from kmer to kfch. Upon initial landing at kfch, student made a hard landing striking the propeller on the…

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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