Jones LONG EZ N58LD

Summary

On 28 June 2005 at about 16:25 local time, a Jones LONG EZ registered N58LD was involved in an accident near Marsing, Idaho, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, 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

28 June 2005 at 16:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Marsing, Idaho, United States

Nearest airport

Sunrise Skypark Airport (ID40)

Coordinates

43.4178, -116.7061

Aircraft

Jones LONG EZ

Registration

N58LD

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Caldwell → Marsing

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA05LA134

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during landing, and his subsequent delay in attempting a recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was the taxiway berm.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was performing a landing, and as he crossed the end of the runway he slowed the airplane and then stalled it. The passenger said that "he felt the bottom drop out and he knew they were going to bounce." He said that the airplane landed hard, and bounced up and drifted to the left. When it came down the second time, the left main wheel was off the runway in soft dirt, further pulling the airplane left. He said the pilot applied power "in an attempt to go around." Subsequently the airplane struck a perpendicular taxiway with a drainage culvert through it, which separated the main landing gear from the fuselage. The airplane proceeded forward and struck a second taxiway, badly damaging the nose of the fuselage. The pilot was fatally injured.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.