# Accident 20100521005619A: Rutter Herb LONG EZ, Wakefield, VA, May 21, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 2010, 15:04 local time
- Place: Wakefield, VA
- Airport: Wakefield Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9872° N, 77.0011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9872&lon=-77.0011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N91HR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N91HR-2013-10-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rutter Herbert G LONG EZ (registry code 056902V, https://openairdocs.org/model/rutter-herbert-g-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: RUTTER HERB LONG EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235-L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA10LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA277) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100521005619A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO CORN FIELD INITIALLY AND ENDED UP ADJACENT TO RUNWAY BY TURNAROUND AT END OF RUNWAY 20 AT AKQ.  RIGHT WING TORN OFF.  ENGINE UNDER FUSELAGE.  THE CANARD WAS FOUND SEPERATED FROM AIRCRAFT.  FORWARD PORTION OF FUSELAGE DESTROYED.  LEFT WING STILL ATTACHED.  FUEL DRAINED FROM LEFT WING.  SMALL AMOUNT OF FUEL FOUND AT CARB BOWL.  ONE PROP BLADE BROKEN OFF NEAR HUB.  FUEL SELECTOR FOUND TO BE SELECTED TO RIGHT TANK.  LANDING GEAR SELECTOR FOUND IN THE UP POSITION.

## 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 ERA10LA277](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA10LA277), May 21, 2010: Rutter Herbert G Long EZ (N91HR), Wakefield, VA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to properly align the airplane with the final approach path to the runway and his subsequent loss of control during his attempts to correct the flight path. Contributing to the…

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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