# NTSB investigations: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1, IN

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB CEN25LA392](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA392.md): Diamond DA20-C1 · Terre Haute, IN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Sep 19, 2025 · N544KC · Substantial damage
  > The failure of the nose landing gear strut and associated nosewheel separation during takeoff.
- [NTSB CEN23LA281](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA281.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Jeffersonville, IN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Jul 6, 2023 · N988CT · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper fuel management, which resulted in fuel exhaustion and a total loss of engine power.
- [NTSB CEN21LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA134.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1 · Indianapolis, IN · Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report · Feb 21, 2021 · N465US · Substantial damage
  > The pilot’s improper landing flare that resulted in a bounced touch and go landing and subsequent nose wheel separation.
- [NTSB GAA19CA569](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA569.md): Diamond DA20 · Fort Wayne, IN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Sep 20, 2019 · N212DX · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's improper preflight fuel planning, which resulted in fuel exhaustion, a total loss of engine power, and impact with a tree during an off-airport landing.
- [NTSB GAA19CA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA330.md): Diamond DA20 · Terre Haute, IN · Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report · Jun 7, 2019 · N227TJ · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot's failure to maintain the runway heading and to relinquish the flight controls to the flight instructor when told to do so while landing in gusting, crosswind conditions, which resulted in a runway excursion and impact with runway lighting.
- [NTSB CEN15LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15LA106.md): Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 20 C1 · Shipshewana, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jan 19, 2015 · N979DC · Substantial damage
  > The total loss of engine power due to impact ice obstructing the primary air induction system, which resulted from the student pilot’s failure to operate the alternate air control. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot’s lack of knowledge about…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'IN' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2990001'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2990001&state=IN

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