# Accident 20100228029279A: Lacour Lloy LONG-EZ, Falfurrias, TX, February 28, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 28, 2010, 19:00 local time
- Place: Falfurrias, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.2200° N, 98.1396° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.2200&lon=-98.1396&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: LACOUR LLOY LONG-EZ
- Reported engine: AERO SPORT POWER 0-320
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA131) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100228029279A

## Narrative

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

ENROUTE FROM SAT TO MFE THE ENGINE SEIZED AND THE PILOT PREFORMED AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING.

## 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 CEN10LA131](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA131), Mar 1, 2010: Lacour Long-EZE SR7-1 (N97EZ), Falfurrias, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power due to a failure of the crankshaft behind the No. 3 connecting rod journal for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N97EZ (1)

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

- [Incident 20070318004189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070318004189I), Mar 18, 2007: Amtr LONGEZ (N97EZ), Alice, TX, Minor damage. (-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…

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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