# Incident 20210609006699I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Mollala, OR, June 9, 2021 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: June 9, 2021, 13:14 local time - Place: Mollala, OR - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Maneuver - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Aircraft: N556DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N556DC) (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 series (registry code 17063, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1 - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240 SER - People aboard: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot - Pilot flight hours: 344 total, 162 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210609006699I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT STARTED AIRCRAFT PREFLIGHT AROUND 11:00 FOR STUDENT?S FIRST FLIGHT/AIRCRAFT FAMILIARIZATION. INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT SHE CHECKED FUEL ON THE GAUGE AND ALSO DIPPED THE TANK WITH THE MANUFACTURER?S SUPPLIED DIPSTICK. SHE REPORTED SEEING FULL ON BOTH. INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT (FIRST FLIGHT) LEFT UAO AT AROUND 12:15 LOCAL TIME FOR A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT. AROUND 13:05 LOCAL TIME THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND CAME BACK AFTER RAISING THE NOSE. INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROL AND MANEUVERED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CLOSEST AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LOST MOST AND THEN ALL POWER A FEW MINUTES LATER. INSTRUCTOR DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH PDX APPROACH CONTROL. INSTRUCTOR RECOGNIZED THAT LANDING ON AN AIRPORT WAS NOT POSSIBLE SO SELECTED A FIELD AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. TIME OF LANDING APPROXIMATELY 13:15 LOCAL TIME. INSTRUCTOR SAID THAT AT ENGINE POWER LOSS, THE FUEL PRESSURE AND FUEL QUANTITY INDICATORS WERE READING LOW. THE INSTRUCTOR DIPPED THE TANK AFTER LANDING AND THE DIPSTICK SHOWED NO FUEL. AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE SUSTAINED DAMAGE FROM THE OFF-FIELD LANDING. DURING ON-SCENE INVESTIGATION INSPECTORS DRAINED FUEL AND FOUND LESS THAN 4 OZ. OF FUEL REMAINING. AIRCRAFT WAS REFUELED BY OWNER WITH 10 GALLONS OF 100LL AVGAS. NO LEAKS WERE OBSERVED. AIRCRAFT SHOWED AROUND ½ TANK ON GAUGE AND ON DIPSTICK. AIRCRAFT STARTED AND RAN WITHOUT ISSUE. AIRCRAFT OWNER?S RECORDS SHOWED AROUND 4.4 HOURS OF FLYING TIME SINCE LAST RECORDED FUELING, WHICH WOULD COINCIDE WITH APPROXIMATE FUEL CAPACITY (24 GALLON TANK, AROUND 6 GALLONS AN HOUR NORMAL FUEL BURN). ## Other reports on N556DC (2) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20041118030449I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041118030449I), Nov 18, 2004: Diamon DA20C1 (N556DC), Bremerton, WA, Minor damage. (-23) The aircraft had just touched down on runway 19 while practicing night time touch & go landings. The pilot had just applied full power when the wood… - [Incident 20040430007089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040430007089I), Apr 30, 2004: Diamon DA20C1 (N556DC), Vashon, WA. (-23) On April 30, 2004, just after departing gig harbor airport (tiw), at 1,100 feet approximately 12:50PM PST while over channel between gig harbor 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. --- 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.