# Incident 20070318004189I: Amtr LONGEZ, Alice, TX, March 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2007, 20:15 local time
- Place: Alice, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.7556° N, 98.0658° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alice, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7556&lon=-98.0658&mi=10
- Aircraft: N97EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N97EZ-2013-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lacour Lloyd J JR LONG-EZ (registry code 0569024, https://openairdocs.org/model/lacour-lloyd-j-jr-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR LONGEZ
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070318004189I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MARCH 18, 2007, APPROXIMATELY 2015 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A LONGEZE, N97EZ, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT WAS LANDED IN A FIELD. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. THE PILOT WAS ON A VFR FLIGHT FROM LOCKHART, TX, TO MCALLEN, TX, WHEN THE OIL PRESSURE BEGAN TO DROP. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND AT ALICE, TX. DURING THE DESCENT, THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO SHUT IT DOWN. SEEING THAT HE WOULD NOT MAKE THE AIRPORT, HE RETRACTED THE NOSE GEAR AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE IN A FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N97EZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20100228029279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100228029279A), Feb 28, 2010: Lacour Lloy LONG-EZ (N97EZ), Falfurrias, TX, Substantial damage. Enroute from sat to mfe the engine seized and the pilot preformed an off airport landing.

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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