Rutan RUTAN LONG EZ N5RJ
19 September 2018 · Independence, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 19 September 2018 at about 14:23 local time, a Rutan RUTAN LONG EZ registered N5RJ was involved in an accident near Independence, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:23
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Independence, Oregon, United States
- Nearest airport
- Independence State (7S5)
- Coordinates
- 44.8669, -123.1983
- Aircraft
- Rutan RUTAN LONG EZ
- Registration
- N5RJ
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1996
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Independence → Independence
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- GAA18CA562
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain a proper descent rate, which resulted in a hard landing.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The pilot in the experimental, amateur-built airplane reported that, during his third touch-and-go landing, the airplane's airspeed was fast and that it landed hard. The airplane's nose landing gear collapsed, and the airplane exited the right side of the runway. The airplane cartwheeled and came to rest upright. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing spar. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Rutan RUTAN accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Mar 1994 | Rutan RUTAN LONG EZ | Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2018 | Maule M7 | Medford, Oregon, United States | Aeromarine Publishing Corp | No injuries | - |
| 20 Aug 2018 | Rans S14 | Brownsville, Oregon, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 24 Aug 2018 | Robinson R22 | Corvallis, Oregon, United States | Honey B Llc | Minor injuries | - |
| 25 Aug 2018 | Cessna 170 | Prineville, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jun 2018 | Mason Hal J KITFOX MODEL 1 | Salem, Oregon, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Feb 2018 | Mooney M20J | Newport, Oregon, United States | - | No injuries | - |