Diamond DA 40 N326AF

Summary

On 17 March 2023 at about 23:00 local time, a Diamond DA 40 registered N326AF, operated by K2 Aviation LLC, was involved in an accident near Winnemucca, Nevada, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

17 March 2023 at 23:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Winnemucca, Nevada, United States

Nearest airport

Winnemucca Municipal Airport (WMC)

Coordinates

40.8966, -117.8059

Aircraft

Diamond DA 40

Registration

N326AF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

K2 Aviation LLC

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Olympia → Winnemucca

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR23LA133

Nobody was injured.

The student pilot’s failure to maintain directional control, and the flight instructor’s delayed remedial action.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The flight instructor reported that, during an instructional flight with the student pilot at the flight controls, just prior to touchdown, the airplane started drifting left of center. The instructor told his student to go around, but the airplane had already reached the edge of the runway. When the instructor took control, the airplane had already exited the runway and came to rest on the adjacent dirt terrain, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing. The flight instructor reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.