# Incident 20231201018249I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, San Angelo, TX, December 1, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 2023, 12:50 local time
- Place: San Angelo, TX
- Airport: Mathis Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4638° N, 100.4370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Angelo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4638&lon=-100.4370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N343AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N343AM) (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: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 4 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231201018249I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 1, 2023, AT 1250 CST, A DIAMOND DA-40, REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED THE PAVED SURFACE ON TAKE ROLL AT MATHIS FLD (SJT) AIRPORT IN SAN ANGELO TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED ON A SOLO CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT-WING AILERON COUNTERBALANCE COVER. THE STUDENT PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SAN ANGELO, TX ON DECEMBER 1, 2023, AT 1245 CST.

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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