# Incident 20170711015399I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Colorado Spring, CO, July 11, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2017, 08:30 local time
- Place: Colorado Spring, CO
- Airport: Butts Aaf
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: 3DOR
- Location: 38.6783° N, 104.7565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUTTS AAF (FORT CARSON) (FCS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6783&lon=-104.7565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N955DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N955DA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170711015399I

## Narrative

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

WHILE PERFORMING A CHECK FLIGHT AFTER REPLACEMENT OF THE THROTTLE BODY THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND THE PILOT LANDED IN A FIELD APPROX 1 MILE FROM THE RUNWAY. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N955DA (1)

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

- [Incident 20210427002039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210427002039I), Apr 27, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N955DA), Pueblo, CO, Minor damage. The student pilot initiated a landing on 8L at kpub. The pilot began the flare too early. During the flare, the main landing gear came down on the runway first…

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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