Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 42 accident near Orlando, FL
On September 1, 2022, a Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 42 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Orlando, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 1, 2022
- Place
- Orlando, FL
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 42 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 28.544°N, 81.339°W
- NTSB ID
- 20220902105848
Official records · ERA22LA395
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Excerpts - ATC Accident Package: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 1, 2022, about 1700 eastern daylight time, a Diamond Aircraft Industries DA 42 NG, N43RG, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident in Orlando, Florida. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and a flight instructor was seriously injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 instructional flight. The local instructional flight was to originate at Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), Orlando, Florida. The commercial pilot, who was in the right front seat, was in the process of adding a multiengine rating to his commercial certificate. He was in the right seat because he expressed interest in eventually obtaining a flight instructor rating. The flight instructor reported that he and his student checked the weather and determined that there was a small area of precipitation, about 2 nm in diameter, over Orlando International Airport (MCO), located 7 miles south of ORL, which was slowly moving north, and would be in the vicinity of ORL after their departure. He stated that the cell did not appear to be developing significantly as shown on the radar loop. He stated that a weather briefing obtained through ForeFlight forecasted thunderstorms in the vicinity with winds up to 6 knots during the time of flight. The flight instructor reported that when they started the engines, the current weather observation at 1621 included wind from 060°at 9 knots, thunderstorms in the vicinity, and distant lightning in all quadrants. At 1640, they requested to taxi to runway 7where they performed pre-takeoff ch
Probable cause
The flight crew’s insufficient evaluation of the deteriorating weather conditions in the area, which resulted in an encounter with a microburst.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
