I've seen the same aircraft, agreed immediately after the incident I'm sure the pilot used all his experience to get the aircraft back on the ground and well done to him. In a way lucky it was a DA40 and has a good glide on it.
Though with the failure rate of the DA40 I'm sure this is something that all DA pilots have to practises -- glide approaches!
Though in the circumstances they held thier nerve and got it safely on the ground.
Guess you noted where the blue paint was?