# Incident 20240518004959I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Oxford, MI, May 18, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 2024, 15:30 local time
- Place: Oxford, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: CWAS
- Location: 42.8214° N, 83.2535° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oxford, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8214&lon=-83.2535&mi=10
- Aircraft: N383CA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N383CA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (registry code 2990001, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-c1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-240-B (registry code 17177, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-240-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA20-C1
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-240
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240518004959I

## Narrative

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

DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT FROM KPTK, THE INSTRUCTOR HAD DEMONSTRATED A FEW UPPER AIR MANEUVERS TO THE STUDENT PILOT. THE PILOT THEN DESCENDED FROM 4500 TO 2000, TO DEMONSTRATE A FEW GROUND REFERENCE MANEUVERS WHILE ENROUTE BACK TO KPTK. WHEN THE PILOT BEGAN TO ADD POWER TO LEVEL OUT, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH, VIBRATING, AND THE ENGINE WAS ONLY MAKING 1700 RPM AT FULL POWER. THE INSTRUCTOR TOOK CONTROLS, BEGAN TO TROUBLE SHOOT, BUT POWER CONTINUED TO DECREASE BELOW 1600 RPM. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY, INFORMED ATC WHERE THEY WERE PUTTING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN, AND THEN BEGAN EXECUTING AN OFF AIRFIELD LANDING. WHILE ON FINAL TO THE CHOSEN FIELD, THE ENGINE STOPPED COMPLETELY, AND THE PROPELLER BEGAN WINDMILLING. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD, HIT A ROCK, AND CAME TO A STOP PROPPED UP ON ITS NOSE. BOTH PILOTS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

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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