# Accident 20210227005619A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Lanai City, HI, February 27, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 27, 2021, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lanai City, HI
- Airport: Lanai
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.7856° N, 156.9514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANAI (LNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7856&lon=-156.9514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N680DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N680DS-2021-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 969 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210227005619A

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT WAS GETTING READY TO MAKE A SECOND APPROACH TO LANAI.  ALTITUDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4000 FEET. THE PILOTS REPORTED A SMALL VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY A MORE EXTREME VIBRATION THEN A LOAD BANG AND THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. OIL WAS SEEN ON THE FORWARD PART OF THE COWLING AND THEN SMOKE FILLED THE CABIN.  AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN THE OCEAN A SHORT TIME LATER.  AIRCRAFT IS LOST IN THE OCEAN.

BOTH PILOT AND STUDENT WERE BOTH RESCUED WITHIN THE HOUR.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N680DS (1)

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

- [Incident 20091218053729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091218053729I), Dec 18, 2009: Diamond Air DA 40 (N680DS), Kapolei, HI, Minor damage. Aircraft departed (jrf) Kalaeloa Airport off runway 4L. Approx 1 mile from airport while in a climbing left turn the rear door departed the aircraft. Aircraft…

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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