Accident Diamond DA40B Diamond Star B-9551, Saturday 1 August 2015
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Date:Saturday 1 August 2015
Time:13:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic DA40 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Diamond DA40B Diamond Star
Owner/operator:Hainan Aviation Academy
Registration: B-9551
MSN: 40.DS051
Year of manufacture:2012
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region -   China
Phase: Approach
Nature:Training
Departure airport:Zhongwei Shapotou Airport (ZHY/ZLZW)
Destination airport:Zhongwei Shapotou Airport (ZHY/ZLZW)
Narrative:
During a touch-and-go practice flight, the crew reported that they had insufficient engine power.
The plane crash-landed short of Runway 27 at Zhongwei Shapotou Airport.
Photographs showed that the plane had received extensive damage and was almost surely a total loss.
Both the trainee and the instructor pilot survived.

Sources:

https://weibo.com/1368589977/CtRCiBbHj
http://www.hualuair.com/a/xinwenzixun/meitibaodao/3594.html
https://www.spottingmode.com/diamond_da-40/cn/rundown/1400/

Revision history:

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