CHI90DEE05 · DAN T. Zelazo AVID/SPEEDWING AVID/SPEED

DAN T. Zelazo AVID/SPEEDWING AVID/SPEED

Aircraft type

Dan T Zelazo AVID SPEEDWING

Category

Airplane

RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary

N396DZ

Operator

Zelazo, Dan T. · private individual

Onboard fatalities

Unknown

Route

From not recordedTo not recorded

Aircraft age

Not recorded

Flight rulesThe regulations the flight operated under: in the US, Part 91 (general aviation), Part 121 (airlines), Part 135 (air taxi and commuter) and others; for flights abroad, the NTSB's coarser commercial or non-commercial code. Glossary

Part 91: General Aviation

Phase of flightThe stage of the flight when things started to go wrong: standing, taxi, takeoff, initial climb, en route, maneuvering, approach or landing. Glossary

Initial climb

First occurrenceThe single coded event the NTSB judges best describes what happened (records from 2008 on). Older records name the first occurrence in the sequence instead. Glossary

Total loss of engine power (non-mechanical)

Also codedOther events the NTSB coded in the sequence, such as a wire strike after a loss of power. Flight Findings uses them for its kinds of event. Glossary

Fuel starvation; Tree(s)

DamageDestroyed: beyond practical repair. Substantial: damage that affects the structure, performance or handling and normally needs major repair. Minor: less than that. Glossary

Substantial