# Accident 20031116031189A: Amtr LONGEZ, Maui, HI, November 16, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 16, 2003, 21:15 local time
- Place: Maui, HI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.7702° N, 156.2682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maui, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.7702&lon=-156.2682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N534S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N534S-2013-04-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Suminski Walter M/Helen M COZY LONG EZ (registry code 05612UH, https://openairdocs.org/model/suminski-walter-m-helen-m-cozy-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 26 in this make and model, 86 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031116031189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON NOVEMBER 16, 2003, AT 2115 HAWAIIAN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL SUMINSKI COZY EZ AIRPLANE, N534S LOST POWER DURING CRUISE APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAUI, HAWAII, AND WAS DITCHED IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL OPERATING UNDER FAR PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, WHO HELD AN AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT CERTIFICATE FOR ROTORCRAFT, SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES; THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE FLIGHT HAD DEPARTED THE HONOLULU INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (HNL), HONOLULU HAWAII, AT 1751, FOR THE CROSS-COUNTRY FEERY FLIGHT TO THE MAINLAND. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE NEAREST REPORTING STATION, AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

## 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 LAX04LA046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX04LA046), Nov 17, 2003: Suminski Cozy Long Ez (N534S), Maui, HI, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise flight for an undetermined reason, which resulted in an emergency descent and ditching.

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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