Why would anyone buy or keep a Diamond in these circumstances

A sorry and difficult situation for Diamond owners. Sold my 40NG several years ago in the midst of other Austro failures, some resolved and some not. I also did not like the opacity of Diamond’s response to forced landings and near crash events which just seemed to come out of nowhere and never get ...

Has anyone seen any additional reporting on this incident re cause?

To me the issue remains the opacity of communication from Diamond/Austro. All consumers feel better when they know causes and instances. If issues arise and manufacturer addresses and communicates the resolution its one hell of a lot better than having people go scan NTSB db's and hoping they pick ...

Did Diamond ever release the cause of the engine failure on the DA40NG that made it back to the airport in NJ, or was it NY?


It was in NY - IMC engine failure during training flight with CFI on board who magnificently controlled the ATC-guided descent to a happy outcome on a runway. However ...

Looks like Blue Line is shifting to Piper over a few years. Should have a number of 'well-used' 40 NG's hitting the market during that timeframe. Good maintenance group with much of the work done internally so probably some good planes.

I regularly read Aviation Safety and the accident reports. The accident summaries they print are dominated by engine failures. There have been a number of posts on DAN about Austro engine issues in the last two years which has understandably raised concerns about Austro engine reliability. Since I ...

Where I did all my flight training. A very good outfit and very safety and maintenance conscious. Because of the size of their Diamond fleet they’ve also been ‘first responders’ in alerting DAI to many of the issues with the Austro engines, including the turbo hose failure which I experienced at ...

Sounds like a continuation of the downward spiral of bad news for DAI. The Austro engines have been intermittently unreliable for a number of failure reasons as has been well depicted here on DAN since Diamond brought them in-house from Mercedes. As a prospective new buyer or current owner, why ...

42 is same cabin as a 40NG in which I did my IFR - my instrument instructor was 6' 6" and he managed just fine through our approx. 35 hours together during training. I think height is less of an issue as bulk and ratio of legs to torso also important. If he hadn't been a lean guy it might have been ...