# Accident 20000526005919A: Amtr LONGEZ, Collegedale, TN, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: Collegedale, TN
- Airport: Collegedale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0596° N, 85.0910° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0596&lon=-85.0910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9JZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9JZ-2017-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hays Jimmie D LONG-EZ (registry code 056096L, https://openairdocs.org/model/hays-jimmie-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 LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 220 total, 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526005919A

## Narrative

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

(.23) A/C LANDED APPROX. 200' SHORT OF RUNWAY 30 AT THIS AIRPORT. (.4)ON MAY 26, 2000, ABOUT 1800 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HAYS LONG-EZ, N9JZ, REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, CRASHED IN THE VICINITY OF COLLEGEDALE, TENNESSEE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT AND PRIVATE-RATED PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE JUST BOUGHT THE AIRPLANE, AND AFTER ABOUT 2 HOURS OF IN-FLIGHT FAMILIARIZATION, TWO DEMONSTRATED LANDINGS BY THE FRONT SEATED DELIVERY PILOT, AND TWO LANDINGS CONDUCTED BY HIMSELF FROM THE BACK SEAT, HE AND THE DELIVERY PILOT PERFORMED A FULL-STOP LANDING AND SWITCHED SEATS. THE PILOT STATED THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF GETTING TOO LOW ON FINAL APPROACH WITH SPEED BRAKE DEPLOYED, AND NOT BEING FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH ITS COCKPIT CONTROL LOCATION AND OPERATION TO RETRACT THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER. ACCORDING TO AN FAA INSPECTOR, THE PILOT STATED HE ELECTED TO DEPLOY THE SPEED BRAKE TO HELP SLOW THE AIRPLANE PRIOR TO LANDING         , AND THE ADJUSTMENT TOOK EFFECT SO QUICKLY THAT HE FOUND HIMSELF IN A LOW AND SLOW CONDITION THAT FULL POWER DID NOT HELP. THE RESULT WAS THAT THE AIRPLANE LANDED ABOUT 200 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE SPEED BRAKE HANDLE IS INSTALLED IN THE FRONT SEAT ONLY, AND ALL LANDINGS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT WERE CONDUCTED USING THE SPEED BRAKE.

## 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 MIA00LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA183), May 26, 2000: Hayes LONG-EZ (N9JZ), Collegedale, TN, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain the proper glide path on final approach to insure arrival at the proper runway touchdown point. A factor in the accident is the pilot's unfamiliarity with the cockpit…

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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