# Accident 19990211001299A: Amtr LONGEZ, Brooksville, FL, February 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 1999, 12:35 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3708° N, 82.5092° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3708&lon=-82.5092&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96LH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96LH-2000-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harvard Lee S LONG-EZ (registry code 0560257, https://openairdocs.org/model/harvard-lee-s-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 406 total, 205 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990211001299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ABORTED TAKE-OFF DUE TO THE CANOPY LATCH NOT FUNCTIONING, AND THE ACFT CRASHED. OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (.19)ON FEBRUARY 11, 1999, ABOUT 1235 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LEE S. HARVARD LONG-EZ, N96LH, NOSED OVER DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FOLLOWING THE CANOPY COMING OPEN, AT PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT,  SPRING HILL, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.   THE PILOT STATED OT SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT DEPUTIES THAT DURING TAKEOFF, THE CANOPY CAME OPEN BECAUSE HE FORGOT TO LATCH IT.  HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A SMALL DITCH AT WHICH TIME IT NOSED OVER. (.4) ON FEBRUARY 11, 1999, ABOUT 1235 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A LEE S. HARVARD LONG-EZ, N96LH, NOSED OVER DURING AN ABORTED TAKEOFF FOLLOWING THE CANOPY COMING OPERN, AT PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT, SPRING HILL, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL  CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE FLIGHT WAS ORIGINATING AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT STATED HE TAXIED TO RUNWAY 36 AND WHILE HOLDING SHORT OF THE RUNWAY HE ADJUSTED HIS HEADPHONES, SEAT BELTS, AND INSTRUMENTS, AND PERFORMED THE BEFORE TAKEOFF CHECKLIST. HE THEN TRANSMITTED ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY THAT HE WAS DEPARTING ON RUNWAY 36. AFTER TAXIING ONTO THE RUNWAY HE PERFORMED A MAGNETO CHECK AND THEN APPLIED FULL POWER. ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY HE NOTICED THAT THE CANOPY MIGHT NOT BE CLOSED. HE ABORTED THE TAKEOFF AND ABOUT 3/4 OF THE WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE WHEEL BRAKES BECAME INEFFECTIVE. HE TURNED OFF THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS IN AN ATTEMPT TO SLOW THE AIRCRAFT. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO "GRAB THE GROUND" AND THE AIRCRAFT TURNED AND THEN ROLLED TO AN INVERTED POSITION AND CAME TO REST ON THE TAXIWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA99LA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA077), Feb 11, 1999: Lee S. Harvard LONG-EZ (N96LH), Spring Hill, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to insure the canopy was closed prior to takeoff resulting in an aborted takeoff, overheating of the brakes, and a roll over when the aircraft was turned off the runway into…

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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