# N534SS: Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1, registration cancelled 2000-06-01

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: June 1, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1](https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1) (registry code 2990000)
- Data sheets: [TCDS TA4CH](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/TA4CH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 10108
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Certificate issued: May 21, 1996
- Last registry action: May 18, 1999
- Mode S code: A6C0EA
- Owner when cancelled: [Mdfc Equipment Leasing Corporation](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MDFC%20EQUIPMENT%20LEASING%20CORPORATION)
- Location: [Long Beach, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Long%20Beach)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.8239° N, 118.1113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 90808, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N534SS
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=534SS
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N534SS-2000-06-01

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Diamond Aircraft Ind DA20-A1: https://openairdocs.org/model/diamond-aircraft-ind-da20-a1.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL98LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL98LA006), Oct 21, 1997: Diamond Aircraft Industries DA20-A1 (N534SS), West Palm Beach, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadvertent use of the wrong runway, and his improper decision to continue the approach behind a large airplane (MD-80), which resulted in a wake turbulence encounter, loss of aircraft…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19971021030779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971021030779A), Oct 21, 1997: Diamon DA20A1 (N534SS), West Palm Beach, FL, Substantial damage. On final MD80 passed homebuilt. Landing on 27R. Wake rolled the DA20 upside down. Crashed. Had deviated into wake. (-23) 10/21/97, about 1220 local was cleared…

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