20210606003809A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG · Darlington, IN · June 6, 2021

Date
June 6, 2021 · 10:19 local
Place
Darlington, IN
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
Pilot school (Part 141)
Operator
1L7S
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N853L
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN21FA252
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
Reported engine
AUSTRO E4-A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total312 in this make and model79 in the last 90 days

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.

On June 6th 2021, at 1020 EST, N853L, a Diamond DA-40 operated by privacy data omitted, departed the indianapolis international airport on a pre-solo training flight. Thirty minutes into the flight, there was a loss of aircraft control, and the aircraft impacted terrain 1 nautical mile east of Darlington, Indiana. Both the flight instructor and privacy data omitted were fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

ON JUNE 6TH 2021, AT 1020 EST, N853L, A DIAMOND DA-40 OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED THE INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON A PRE-SOLO TRAINING FLIGHT. THIRTY MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THERE WAS A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL, AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TERRAIN 1 NAUTICAL MILE EAST OF DARLINGTON, INDIANA. BOTH THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

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