Rogers LONG EZ N245R

Summary

On 11 May 1983 at about 11:00 local time, a Rogers LONG EZ registered N245R was involved in an accident near Fall River, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 May 1983 at 11:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Fall River, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Fall River (FLR)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Rogers LONG EZ

Registration

N245R

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

New Bedford → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC83FNA02

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT REPORTED THAT DURING FLT, THE ENG LOST POWER. HE MOVED THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL TO APPLY CARB HEAT & TRIED TO START THE ENG, BUT WAS UNABLE. HE THEN TRIED TO LAND ON A ROAD, BUT CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA BEFORE REACHING THE ROADWAY. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE END OF THE CARB HEAT BOX HAD BECOME DISCONNECTED, MAKING THE CARB HEAT SYS INOP. THE ENG WAS STARTED & OPERATED NORMALLY DURING A RUN-UP CHECK. AT NANTUCKET, MA. THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 43 & 41 DEG, RESPECTIVELY. AT HYANNIS, MA, THE TEMP & DEW POINT WERE 48 & 41 DEG. ACCORDING TO ICING PROBABILITY CURVES, SERIOUS CARB ICE COULD HAVE OCCURRED IN CRUISE POWER.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.