Dan T Zelazo AVID/SPEEDWING N396DZ

Summary

On 22 April 1990 at about 18:45 local time, a Dan T Zelazo AVID/SPEEDWING registered N396DZ, operated by Zelazo, DAN T., was involved in an accident near Sandwich, Illinois, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 April 1990 at 18:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Sandwich, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

Woodlake Landing (C48)

Coordinates

41.6392, -88.6195

Aircraft

Dan T Zelazo AVID/SPEEDWING

Registration

N396DZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Zelazo, DAN T.

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI90DEE05

1 person had minor injuries.

IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF A FUEL LINE BY THE P. LOT/MANUFACTURER WHICH RESULTED IN SEPARATION OF A FUEL LINE, RESULTING IN FUEL STARVATION.

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THE OWNER-BUILT AIRPLANE HAD TAKEN OFF AND WAS CLIMBING ON RUNWAY HEADING WHEN THE PILOT STATES HE BEGAN TO LOSE ENGINE POWER AND SETTLE. THE PILOT MAINTAINED COURSE AND FLYING SPEED AS THE AIRPLANE DESCENDED INTO A 50 FOOT TREE TOP WHERE IT HUNG SUSPENDED. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED FUEL IN THE TANK BUT ALL LINES DOWNSTREAM OF THE IN-LINE FUEL FILTER WERE DRY. THE MAIN FUEL LINE TO THE ENGINE WAS DISCONNECTED AT THE INLET TO THE FUEL FILTER. HOSE CLAMPS WERE MISSING AT CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE FUEL SYSTEM FROM TANK THROUGH CARBURETOR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.