# Incident 20240208001829I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 42 NG, Timberlake, NC, February 8, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 2024, 22:30 local time
- Place: Timberlake, NC
- Airport: Raleigh Regional At Person County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 8BLS
- Location: 36.2846° N, 78.9846° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH RGNL AT PERSON COUNTY (TDF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2846&lon=-78.9846&mi=10
- Aircraft: N422BL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N422BL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 42 NG (registry code 2990105, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-42-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4-C (registry code 06403, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 42 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4-C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 705 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240208001829I

## Narrative

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

AFTER PERMORMING A SHORT FIELD TAKEOFF FROM KTDF THE R/H ENGINE LOST THRUST AND OIL PRESSURE.  THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND STRAIGHT AHEAD WITH SUFFICIENT RUNWAY REMAINING.  AFTER TAXIING BACK TO THE RAMP THE CREW NOTICED LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL ON THE COWLING AND UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT ENGINE. INSPECTION OF THE ENGINE REVEALED A LARGE HOLE IN THE BLOCK.

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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