# Accident 20250215002709A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA20-C1, Culpepper, VA, February 15, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2025, 09:22 local time
- Place: Culpepper, VA
- Airport: Culpeper Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5310° N, 77.8555° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5310&lon=-77.8555&mi=10
- Aircraft: N373AM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N373AM) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 35 total, 35 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA133) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250215002709A

## Narrative

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

THAT MORNING OF THE FLIGHT, BEFORE DEPARTURE FROM KHEF, THE STUDENT'S FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ENDORSED AND SIGNED HIS SOLO CROSS COUNTRY TO ANOTHER AIRPORT.  AT THE OTHER AIRPORT, WHICH WAS KCJR, ON DEPARTURE ROLL, FULL POWER APPLIED, AIRCRAFT ROLLED DOWN RUNWAY ABOUT 100 FEET AND HAD LEFT TURNING TENDANCY.  AIRMAN UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL, LEFT AND RIGHT LONG SKID MARKS ON PAVEMENT AND IN GRASS.  AIRCRAFT CROSSED A CONCRETE DITCH, PROPELLER STRIKE, FRONT WHEEL DISENGAGED, AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER ON PROPELLER.

NOTE: MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVIEWED, NO DISCREPANCIES NOTED.

## 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 ERA25LA133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA133), Feb 15, 2025: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 (N373AM), Culpeper, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll, resulting in a runway excursion.

## Other reports on N373AM (2)

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

- [Incident 20120110000599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120110000599I), Jan 10, 2012: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 20-C1 (N373AM), Salem, OH, Minor damage. While practicing a landing, rollout, and takeoff on rwy 28, a crosswind was encountered. This pushed the a/c to the left and caused it to make brief contact…
- [Incident 20080501846959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080501846959I), May 1, 2008: Diamon DA20C1 (N373AM), Cleveland, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Airman (student pilot) crossed the runway threshold above 1.3 vso, initiated the flair in an attempt to land, causing the aircraft to balloon in ground…

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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