- Date
- September 12, 2026, 21:10 local (Sep 13, 2026, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Howell, MI · Takeoff roll on runway 31
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N942RMDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1
- Defining event
- Takeoff: Wildlife encounter (non-bird)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Status
- Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA-FSDO
- FAA report
- 20260912011829A
- Case key
- 203822
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N942RM
- Reported as
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- C0573
- Built
- 2010
- Airframe hours
- 1,979.8
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Air LLC, doing business as Crosswinds Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 22, 2026 · 45 hours before
- Airport
- OZW · Livingston County/Spencer J Hardy, runway 13/31, 5,002 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic multifunction display, ADS-B, Electronic primary flight display
N942RMRegistered now · Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1Airframe modelDiamond Aircraft Ind DA20-C1Engine modelContinental IO-240-B
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night
- Wind
- 240° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- KOZW
- METAR
- METAR KOZW 130025Z AUTO 24002KT 10SM SCT047 BKN050 24/18 A2988 RMK AO2
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.