Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG N499BW accident near Sanford, North Carolina, May 7, 2025
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG, registration N499BW, operated by GALLAGHER HOMES LLC, was involved in an accident near Sanford, North Carolina on May 7, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as serious, with 2 people on board. Case ERA25LA198 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 5 minutes of the flight after departing the Sanford/Lee Cnty area (KTTA), reaching a maximum of 1,450 ft. The last recorded position was at 19:54 UTC, at 275 ft and 96 knots, descending at 384 feet per minute, about 1 km from Sanford/Lee Cnty (KTTA).
The nearest weather report, from KTTA (0 km away), showed wind 280° at 4 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, no ceiling reported (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Diamond DA 40 NG registered in United States (Mode S A631B5).
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
- May 7, 2025
- Location
- Sanford, North Carolina
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 NG
- Registration
- N499BW
- Operator
- GALLAGHER HOMES LLC
- Injuries
- Serious (2 on board)
- NTSB case
- ERA25LA198 (Completed)
- Departure area
- Sanford/Lee Cnty (KTTA)
- Nearest airport
- Sanford/Lee Cnty (KTTA)
- Recorded flight
- 5 min, max 1,450 ft
- Last recorded position
- 19:54 UTC, 275 ft, 96 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 ERA25LA198; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.