# Incident 20020714015559I: Zinair CH2000, Salt Lake City, UT, July 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 14, 2002, 09:30 local time
- Place: Salt Lake City, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake City International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7884° N, 111.9778° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SALT LAKE CITY INTL (SLC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7884&lon=-111.9778&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8500R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8500R-2006-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aircraft Mfg & Development CH 2000 (registry code 0033001, https://openairdocs.org/model/aircraft-mfg-development-ch-2000) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ZINAIR CH2000
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 730 total, 120 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020714015559I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) ON JULY 14, 2002, MR. PHILLIP WHITE WAS GIVING DUAL INSTRUCTION TO MR. RODRIGUEZ IN A CH-2000, N8500R. DURING TAKEOFF FROM THE SALT LAKE CITY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT THE PILOT'S DOOR OPENED AND WAS TORN FROM THE AIRPLANE AFTER BREAKING THE DOOR HINGES. THE AIRPLANE LANDED OK WITH NO OTHER DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N8500R (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20030101000099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030101000099A), Jan 1, 2003: Zinair CH2000 (N8500R), Milford, UT, Destroyed. (-23) Instructor and student departed cedar city, UT (cdc) under visual flight rules and flew the VOR direct toward delta, UT (dta). They climbed to 8500',…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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