20211030018239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG · Currie, NC · October 30, 2021

Date
October 30, 2021 · 09:30 local
Place
Currie, NC
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N254DA
Reported as
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
Reported engine
Austro Engine AE-300
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0

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.

Passing over kacz/henderson field the engine made a muffled sound and lost power. The ecu-a fail and ecu-b fail errors appeared simultaneously, and the engine stayed at near idle speed. The aircraft landed without incident.

As the FAA filed it

PASSING OVER KACZ/HENDERSON FIELD THE ENGINE MADE A MUFFLED SOUND AND LOST POWER. THE ECU-A FAIL AND ECU-B FAIL ERRORS APPEARED SIMULTANEOUSLY, AND THE ENGINE STAYED AT NEAR IDLE SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT.