Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40 N453DS accident near Spanish Fork, Utah, December 21, 2023
Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40, registration N453DS, operated by 453DS AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC, was involved in an accident near Spanish Fork, Utah on December 21, 2023. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case WPR24LA064 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 36 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 10,275 ft. The last recorded position was at 23:53 UTC, on the ground, about 1 km from Spanish Fork Muni (KSPK).
The nearest weather report, from KSPK (1 km away), showed calm wind, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 9,000 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Diamond DA 40 registered in United States (Mode S A57D9D).
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 21, 2023
- Location
- Spanish Fork, Utah
- Aircraft
- Diamond Aircraft Ind DA 40
- Registration
- N453DS
- Operator
- 453DS AIRCRAFT LEASING LLC
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- WPR24LA064 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Spanish Fork Muni (KSPK)
- Recorded flight
- 36 min, max 10,275 ft
- Last recorded position
- 23:53 UTC, on the ground
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 WPR24LA064; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.