# Accident 20180929023622A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Sebring, FL, September 29, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2018, 12:40 local time
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Airport: Sebring Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 27.4586° N, 81.3431° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4586&lon=-81.3431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N397JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N397JA-2020-02-28) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- 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: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,523 total, 1,173 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA18LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA268) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180929023622A

## Narrative

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

ON 09/25/18 AT ABOUT 1015L PIPER ARROW N3907T DEPARTED KTPF VFR (PART 91) TO KSEF WITH A PILOT AND HIS NON-PILOT SPOUSE.

N3907T MADE HIS ARRIVAL RADIO TRANSMISSION ON CTAF (122.700) AT ABOUT 1230L AND HIS MID-FIELD CROSSING 5 MINUTES LATER, HE WAS SETTING UP FOR A RWY 19 LANDING.

THAT MORNING DIAMOND DA-20 N397JA DEPARTED FROM KLNA (PART 61 FROM AAMRO AVIATION) HAD BEEN TRAINING AT KSEF AND MAKING CTAF ADVISORY RADIO CALLS. THE CFI AND HIS STUDENT WERE BY LATE MORNING IN THE PATTERN PRACTICING ?TOUCH AND GO? ON RWY 14. THE CFI AND THE STUDENT PILOT HAD SIGHTED THE ARROW BUT DID NOT HEAR HIS RADIO CALLS. THEY ASSUMED THAT N3907T WAS TRANSITIONING OR SETTING UP TO LAND RWY 14.

AT ABOUT 1240L N397JA HAD JUST CONFIGURED THE AIRPLANE FOR TAKE-OFF AND BEGAN THE MANEUVER WHEN N3907T COLLIDED WITH HIM IN THE INTERSECTION OF BOTH RUNWAYS. THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING OF THE ARROW STRUCK THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF THE DA-20 MOMENTS BEFORE HIS LANDING. BOTH AIRPLANES SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE THERE WERE NO FATALITIES.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N3907T, Piper PA-28R-180: [Accident 20180929023612A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180929023612A)

## 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 ERA18LA268](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA18LA268), Sep 29, 2018: Diamond DA20 (N397JA), Sebring, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inability of the pilot of the Piper and the student pilot and flight instructor of the Diamond to see and avoid the other airplane. Contributing to the collision was the Piper pilot’s failure 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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