# Accident 20230706010349A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Jeffersonville, IN, July 6, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2023, 08:24 local time
- Place: Jeffersonville, IN
- Airport: Clark Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3181° N, 85.6880° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3181&lon=-85.6880&mi=10
- Aircraft: N988CT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N988CT-2024-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 922 total, 101 in this make and model, 177 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA281) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230706010349A

## Narrative

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

A DIAMOND AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIES DA20-C1 AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SELLERSBURG (KJVY) ON 07/06/2023 AT 08:24 LOCAL TIME (1224Z), WITH AN INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT ON BOARD.  NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

NO VISIBLE FUEL WAS NOTED DURING INVESTIGATION AND FUEL GAUGE DID NOT MOVE DURING THE APPLICATION OF POWER. BOTH MAINTENANCE DRAINS WERE OPENED WITH NO FUEL INDICATED, AND NO DAMAGE WAS NOTED TO THE FUEL SYSTEM FROM THE ENGINE TO THE FIREWALL.  OPENING THE PUSH DRAIN, LOCATED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BELLY AT THE LOWEST POINT IN THE FUEL SYSTEM AT THE CURRENT AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE INDICATED FUEL. MINIMAL FUEL WAS DRAINED AND CHECKED FOR CONTAMINATION WITH NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED. THE GROUND BELOW THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED NO INDICATION OF FUEL SEEPAGE.

THE PILOT ADVISED THAT THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT ORIGINATED WITH APPROX. 16 GALLONS OF FUEL.  HE PERFORMED 4-5 TOUCH-AND-GOES AT MADISON (KIMS), THEN FLEW WEST TOWARD KLOU, FLYING FARTHER WEST THAN PLANNED DUE TO CLOUDS AND DEPLETING THE AIRCRAFT OF FUEL CAUSING A LOSS OF POWER, AND MADE AN OFF-FIELD LANDING IN A CORN FIELD. THE TOTAL FLIGHT TIME WAS APPROX. 1.6 HOURS.

## 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 CEN23LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA281), Jul 6, 2023: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (N988CT), Jeffersonville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N988CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20050927023309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050927023309I), Sep 27, 2005: Diamon DA20C1 (N988CT), Provo, UT, Minor damage. (-23) After landing at a tower controlled airport the tower instructed the student pilot to roll out to the end of the runway and exit on the taxiway to left…

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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