# Accident 19990602006259A: Amtr LONGEZ, Friendly, MD, June 2, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 2, 1999, 09:37 local time
- Place: Friendly, MD
- Airport: Potomac Airfield Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7294° N, 77.0007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7294&lon=-77.0007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555L-1999-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Saliba Naseem N LONG EZ (registry code 056901M, https://openairdocs.org/model/saliba-naseem-n-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC99LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990602006259A

## Narrative

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

N555L, AN EXPERIMENTAL, LANDED ON A TREE TOP AT 1000E FOR UNKNOWN REASONS. THE PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL WITH UNKNOWN INJURIES. THE ACFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. (-23) IT WAS REPORTED: 8:30 AM N555L DEPARTED HYDE FIELD SOUTHBOUND FOF HOME IN GEORGIA.  9:15 AM  MR. LARRY STANLEY FLYING HIS PLANE, OBSERVED N555L FLYING ERRATICALLY AND LOW IN THE VICINITY OF POTOMAC AIRPORT.  MR. TABASHI STATED N555L APPEARED TO BE IN TROUBLE AND FLYING ERRATICALLY.  MR. VALAU PATTERSON SAID N555L WAS FLYING ERRATICALLY AND LOW,  MR. ADAM COPE FLYING HIS PLANE, OBSERVED N555L FLYING ERRATICALLY. 9:35 AM N555L APPEARED TO OVERSHOOT RUNWAY 24 AT POTOMAC AIRFIELD-BANKED TO THE LEFT. VERY LOW ALTITUDE AND DISAPPEARED INTO TREES. 12:45 PM  MR. STEVE GIBBS^PRIVACY DATA O^CALLED FSDO-27 AND REPORTED HE FOUND A CANOPY OF AN AIRCRAFT IN THE POTOMAC RIVERAPRROX. 5MILES FROM ACCIDENT SITE. NOTE: THERE WAS NO CANOPY FOUND AT CRASH SITE OF N555L.

## 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 NYC99LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC99LA134), Jun 2, 1999: Saliba Long EZ (N555L), Friendly, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The separation of the airplane canopy for undetermined reasons, the diminished controllability of the airplane, and the pilot's failure to maintain airspeed resulting in a stall/mush into trees short…

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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