ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180330
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| Date: | Monday 12 October 2015 |
| Time: | 03:49 |
| Type: |  Diamond DA20-C1 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N165DC |
| MSN: | C0265 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2004 |
| Engine model: | Continental O-240-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | North of Waskom, TX -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Marshall, TX (KASL) |
| Marshall, TX (KASL) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot was conducting a cross-country flight in the airplane without the owner’s permission. While en route, the pilot reported to air traffic controllers that the engine had lost power and that he did not think he would be able to glide to the destination airport. He also said that it was dark and that he could not see anything below him. The pilot made a forced landing in a field 6.9 miles east of his destination, which resulted in substantial damage to the airplane. No fuel was found in the fuel tanks.
Probable Cause: The pilot's decision to operate the airplane without the owner’s permission and his lack of preflight planning, which resulted a total loss of engine power due fuel exhaustion.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/284228-2405ed58624acccd4bc5b3e1dbc8098523192c4c/aircrafttype/DA20
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2015 19:25 | Geno | Added |
| 13-Oct-2015 00:39 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Nature, Departure airport, Source] |
| 13-Oct-2015 06:49 | bovine | Updated [Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 15:29 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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