20190915013169A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG · Chesapeake, VA · September 15, 2019

Date
September 15, 2019 · 16:56 local
Place
Chesapeake, VA
Airport
Chesapeake Regional
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N292RA
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA19LA272
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
Reported engine
AUSTRO E4-A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While performing touch and go landings at cpk, aircraft climbed to 300 feet and experienced a complete power loss. Pilot executed an emergency landing approximately 1 mile NE of airport in a bean field. The aircraft was substantially damaged when it impacted a drainage ditch in the field.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS AT CPK, AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 300 FEET AND EXPERIENCED A COMPLETE POWER LOSS. PILOT EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE NE OF AIRPORT IN A BEAN FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED A DRAINAGE DITCH IN THE FIELD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.