# Incident 20251015018989I: Diamond Aircraft Ind Inc DA 40 NG, Latta, SC, October 15, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 15, 2025, 18:00 local time
- Place: Latta, SC
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: 1L7S
- Location: 34.3389° N, 79.4340° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Latta, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3389&lon=-79.4340&mi=10
- Aircraft: N940L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N940L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG (registry code 2990014, https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da-40-ng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Austro E4-A (registry code 06402, https://openairdocs.org/engine/austro-e4-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DIAMOND AIRCRAFT IND INC DA 40 NG
- Reported engine: AUSTRO E4-A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 455 total, 455 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251015018989I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD REACHED THE TOP OF CLIMB AT 4500 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT MADE A 180 BACK TO KFLO. WHILE TROUBLESHOOTING THE ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO MAKE THE AIRFIELD THE PILOT SPOTTED A COMMERCIAL TURF FIELD AND MADE A SUCCCESSFUL OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN THE TURF FIELD WITH NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR STUDENT ON BOARD OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.