Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG N478SA accident near Monticello, Iowa, December 28, 2024
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG, registration N478SA, operated by M U D Y PROPERTIES LLC, was involved in an accident near Monticello, Iowa on December 28, 2024. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case CEN25LA066 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 27 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 3,725 ft. The last recorded position was at 20:26 UTC, at 1,675 ft and 100 knots, descending at 576 feet per minute, about 2 km from Monticello Rgnl (KMXO).
The nearest weather report, from KMXO (2 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Diamond DA 40 NG registered in United States (Mode S A5E063).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- December 28, 2024
- Location
- Monticello, Iowa
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
- Registration
- N478SA
- Operator
- M U D Y PROPERTIES LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- CEN25LA066 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Monticello Rgnl (KMXO)
- Recorded flight
- 27 min, max 3,725 ft
- Last recorded position
- 20:26 UTC, 1,675 ft, 100 kt
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN25LA066; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.