# Incident 20250329002389I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Gmbh DA 50 C, Bangor, ME, March 29, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2025, 18:10 local time
- Place: Bangor, ME
- Airport: Bangor International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8074° N, 68.8281° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BANGOR INTL (BGR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8074&lon=-68.8281&mi=10
- Aircraft: N281PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N281PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 50 C (registry code 2990305, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-50-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental CENTURION-3.0 (registry code 17416, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-centurion-3-0) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND GMBH DA 50 C
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL CENTURION 3.0
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 5,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250329002389I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING A FERRY FLIGHT FROM EUROPE TO FLORIDA. THE PILOT REQUESTED JET-A ON HIS FUEL STOP IN SEPT-ÎLES, CANADA (CYZV), THE PROVIDER AT SEPT-ÎLES (CYZV) CONFIRMED JET-A WAS REQUESTED, AND WOULD BE GIVEN PRIOR TO FLYING TO BANGOR (KBGR). PIC WAS ON THE PHONE WITH U.S CUSTOMS WHEN ON THE GROUND IN SEPT-ÎLES, (CYZV) PREPARING FOR HIS BORDER CROSSING AND HAD NO COMMUNICATION WITH AIRCRAFT REFUELERS. IN SEPT-ÎLES (CYZV) THE AIRCRAFT WAS FUELED WITH APPROX. 131 LITERS OF AV-GAS 100LL. PLACARDS NEXT TO FUEL CELL FILL PORTS BOTH STATE “WARNING JET A-1”.  5 MILES OUT FROM BANGOR INTERNATIONAL (KBGR), THE ENGINE FAILED IN FLIGHT, THE PIC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED SAFELY AT BANGOR (KBGR) AT 1810 LOCAL. MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A FUEL SAMPLE ON THE RAMP AND THE PRESENCE OF AV-GAS WAS WITNESSED ON APRIL 2ND. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE EVENT THROUGH THE FAA INTERNATIONAL FIELD OFFICE.

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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