# Incident 19960924037529I: Amtr LONG EZ, Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1996, 19:54 local time
- Place: Los Angeles, CA
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0522° N, 118.2437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Angeles, CA, within about 12 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0522&lon=-118.2437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N390EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N390EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Owen William D LONG-EZ (registry code 056099E, https://openairdocs.org/model/owen-william-d-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONG EZ
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 240 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960924037529I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER DEPARTING TORRANCE AIRPORT ON A LOCAL FLIGHT, THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH AND STOPPED. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND BEING UNABLE TO RETURN TO TORRANCE AIRPORT LANDED AT THE PORT OF LOS ANGELES, PARKING LOT C. INSPECTION AND OPERATIONAL TESTING OF THE ENGINE REVEALED NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

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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