# Incident 20200925016459I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Terre Haute, IN, September 25, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2020, 14:30 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Terre Haute Regional
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 2IUS
- Location: 39.4506° N, 87.3070° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TERRE HAUTE RGNL (HUF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4506&lon=-87.3070&mi=10
- Aircraft: N544KC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N544KC) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200925016459I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2020, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30PM (EST), AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE CONDUCTING A DUAL, LOCAL INSTRUMENT LESSON FLIGHT UNDER CFR PART 141. THE INSTRUCTOR EXPLAINED THAT AFTER THEY ACHIEVED FULL POWER FOR THEIR INITIAL TAKEOFF ROLL ON RUNWAY 32, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ABNORMALLY ROUGH. HE SAID THAT SOMETHING "JUST DIDN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT" WITH THE ENGINE, SO HE MADE THE DECISION TO ABORT THE TAKEOFF. HE THEN NOTIFIED ATC OF THE SITUATION AND ATC CLEARED THEM TO TAXIWAY C BACK TO THE INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY (ISU) RAMP. THE INTRUCTOR SAID THE ENGINE RAN SMOOTHLY ON TAXI BACK TO THE RAMP. A FEW ENGINE RUN-UPS WERE PERFORMED BY ISU'S CHIEF PILOT AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE ENGINE ISSUE.

## Other reports on N544KC (1)

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

- [Accident 20250919016949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250919016949A), Sep 19, 2025: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1 (N544KC), Terre Haute, IN, Substantial damage. On 09/19/2025 at approximately 1:56PM EDT, student pilot and certificated flight instructor (CFI) completed a pre-flight check including verifying the nut and…

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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