# Incident 20200607008669I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, Dubois, PA, June 7, 2020 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 7, 2020, 19:15 local time - Place: Dubois, PA - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 41.1222° N, 78.7551° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of DuBois, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1222&lon=-78.7551&mi=10 - Aircraft: N995DA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N995DA) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (registry code 2990014, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40-ng) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Austro E4 series (registry code 06400, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG - Reported engine: AUSTRO E4 SERIES - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 123 total, 83 in this make and model, 33 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200607008669I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. A DOWNLOAD OF AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE EECU DATA WAS PERFORMED ON 6/8/2020 AND SENT TO AUSTRO ENGINES. AN EMAIL RECEIVED FROM AUSTRO ENGINES TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVE ON 6/18/2020 THE DATA FROM EECU DOWNLOAD CONFIRMS THAT THE ENGINE MASTER SWITCH WAS SELECTED OFF BY THE PILOT IN CHARGE. WITHOUT SUFFICIENT TIME TO RECOGNIZE THE ERROR THE PILOT MADE AN OFF AIRFIELD LANDING. THE PILOT NARRATIVE FOLLOWS. END WDG. MY NAME IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, I WAS PILOT IN COMMAND OF N995DA WHEN IT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD, AT 1900 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME ON FRIDAY JUNE 6, 2020. THE PASSENGER ALONG WITH ME WAS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HIS CONTACT INFORMATION IS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FOR HIS CELLULAR PHONE. I WAS RENTING THE PLANE AND TAKING OUT OF DUBOIS, PA (KDUJ). AFTER PERFORMING A PREFLIGHT I PROCEEDED TO TAXI TO THE RUNWAY WITH THE BEST WIND COMPONENT AT THE TIME WHICH WAS RUNWAY 25. BEFORE ENTERING THE RUNWAY, I PERFORMED THE PUBLISHED DIAMOND MANUFACTURER?S CHECKLIST THAT INCLUDED THE VOTER SWITCH AND ECU TEST, EVERYTHING PASSED. I MADE MY CALLS TO DEPART RUNWAY 25 AND WHEN I STARTED TAKEOFF EVERYTHING PERFORMED AS IT SHOULD. AT 500 FEET I STARTED TO RETRACT MY TAKEOFF FLAPS, THIS IS WHEN THE ENGINE LOST THRUST. AFTER SEEING ALTERNATOR FAILURE AND ENGINE THRUST WAS LOST, I SET UP FOR MY GLIDE SPEED OF 88 KNOTS. I REALIZED I WAS TO LOW FOR A RETURN TO THE AIRPORT AND MADE THE DECISION TO AIM FOR A FIELD DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. COMING IN OVER THE FIELD I WAS BIT HIGHER THEN I WOULD HAVE LIKED SO I PUT A SLIP IN, THEN A BIT LATER PUT BOTH FLAPS BACK IN. REALIZING I DIDN?T HAVE MUCH FIELD LEFT I PUT IT ON THE GROUND AS BEST AND SMOOTH AS I COULD. AFTER LANDING A SAFE EVACUATION WAS MADE AWAY FROM THE AIRPLANE AND THE PASSENGER AND I WERE BOTH UNINJURED. STATE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE SCENE WHERE THEY TOOK A REPORT ON WHAT HAPPENED AND MADE SURE THE PASSENGER AND I WERE OKAY. - ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.