# Incident 20230918016079I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Peru, IL, September 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2023, 17:45 local time
- Place: Peru, IL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3569° N, 89.1389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peru, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3569&lon=-89.1389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97CF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N97CF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-M1A+ (registry code 41869, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-m1a-plus) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-M1A+
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,721 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230918016079I

## Narrative

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

ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1745 LOCAL. THE PIC OF A DIAMOND DA 40 LANDED ON INTERSTATE I-80 EAST OF PERU ILLINOIS. DURING ROUTINE SURVEILLANCE THE PIC SWITCHED FUEL TANKS FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND MINUTES AFTER THE ENGINE BEGAN TO SPUTTER. THE PIC CLIMBED TO 2500 AGL TO LOCATE A SAFE PLACE TO LAND AND LANDED WEST BOUND ON I-80. PRIOR TO LANDING THE ENGINE HAD STOPPED. UPON SAFELY LANDING THE PIC WITH ASSISTANCE MOVED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE SHOULDER WILE MET BY LOCAL FIRE AND POLICE. NO INJURY OR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOTED.

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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