# Accident 20210606003809A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, Darlington, IN, June 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 6, 2021, 10:19 local time
- Place: Darlington, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1L7S
- Location: 40.1142° N, 86.7541° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1142&lon=-86.7541&mi=10
- Aircraft: N853L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N853L-2022-06-10) (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-A (registry code 06402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 312 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210606003809A

## Narrative

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

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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN21FA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21FA252), Jun 6, 2021: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (N853L), Darlington, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: A loss of control while practicing an aerodynamic stall, which resulted in a spin and impact with terrain.

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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