- Date
- June 4, 1987, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Redgranite, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N56DZZank Challenger II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870604018359A
- Case key
- 13577
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The student pilot had purchased this amateur built aircraft earlier in the day and had made one successful flight and was on the downwind leg of the second flight. The aircraft was at an estimated altitude of 150' to 200' AGL, when witnesses stated that the aircraft pitched nose down approximately 40 degrees, with power remaining constant and impacted the ground. The accident aircraft has a maximum pilot seat weight restriction of 250 pounds. The pilot's medical certificate indicated his weight at 275 pounds. Witnesses indicated weight to be at least 300 pounds.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N56DZ
- Reported as
- Zank Challenger II (CHALLENGER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CH20485BO147
- Engine
- Rotax 447, 42 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benny G. Latoria
- Registered owner
- Donald A Passarelli
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- DKB · De Kalb, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 60 total · 5 in this make and model · 40 as pilot in command · 5 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 22 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.