# Accident 20250420009349A: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40, Oakland, CA, April 20, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 2025, 11:24 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7325° N, 122.2196° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7325&lon=-122.2196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22QT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N22QT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (registry code 2990002, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40
- Reported engine: LYCOMING I0360 SER
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot, student
- Pilot flight hours: 408 total, 4 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR25LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250420009349A

## Narrative

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

STATMENT FROM THE PILOT:

THE PLANE NEEDED A LOT OF RIGHT RUDDER ON TAXIING FROM THE OLD TS TO RUNWAY 33 EVEN THOUGH THE WIND WAS FROM THE WEST. I TAXI'D OUT WITH T/O FLAPS SELECTED.

ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL, I HAD ALMOST FULL RIGHT RUDDER TO KEEP US FLYING PERFECTLY STRAIGHT ON TAKEOFF, I PEEKED AT THE WINDSOCK AND IT WAS ~5 KT LEFT CROSS WIND. SO I REMINDED MYSELF TO LEVEL THE WINGS ON LIFTOFF WHICH I DID.

RIGHT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WANTED TO FLY AND GOT IN GROUND EFFECT, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED HARD AND YAWED IMMEDIATELY TO THE RIGHT, AND I ADDED LEFT AILERON INSTINCTIVELY TO CORRECT FOR THE DRIFT, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHEN THE WING TIP SCRAPED THE GRASS.

AFTER THAT, THE PLANE WANTED TO DIVE AND I WANTED TO PROTECT THE NOSE GEAR AND PROP BY PULLING BACK ON THE STICK BUT THE STALL HORN CAME ON SO I NEUTRALIZED THE CONTROLS AND CLIMBED OUT. FLEW THE RIGHT DOWNWIND 28R, THE PLANE FLEW PERFECTLY, DID A NORMAL BASE, FINAL, AND LANDED.

## 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 WPR25LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA139), Apr 20, 2025: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 (N22QT), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during takeoff with a left quartering crosswind.

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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