# Incident 20170411012949I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, New Athens, IL, April 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2017, 15:50 local time
- Place: New Athens, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: NI1S
- Location: 38.3189° N, 89.8736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Athens, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3189&lon=-89.8736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N324PC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N324PC) (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: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 400 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170411012949I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT OUT ON A INSTRUCTION FLIGHT, WHILE FLYING OVER A RURUAL AREA AT 800 AGL THE ENGINE LOST POWER, INSTRUCTOR PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IN A FARMER'S FIELD. AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY IN FIELD NO INJURIES TO INSTRUCTOR OR STUDENT. NO AIRCRAFT OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE TROUBLESHOT THE ENGINE PROBLEM IN THE FIELD FOUND A BROKEN #3 FUEL INJECTOR LINE THAT FAILED OVER TIME DUE TO FAULTY MOUNTING HARDWARE.

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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