# Accident 20100925047149A: Holmes Gary RUTAN LONG-, Yellow Springs, OH, September 25, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Yellow Springs, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8003° N, 83.8372° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8003&lon=-83.8372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N22GZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HOLMES GARY RUTAN LONG-
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 970 total, 500 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN10LA566](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA566) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100925047149A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^FUELED THE AIRCRAFT AND DEPARTED ON A PERSONAL/PLEASURE FLIGHT IN THE LOCAL AREA. APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT THE PILOT STARTED PRACTICING MANEUVERS. DURING A STEEP TURN THE ENGINE SPUTTERED BRIEFLY. NEXT THE PILOT PRACTICED AN ACCELERATED STALL DURING WHICH THE ENGINE QUIT. A RESTART WAS ATTEMPTED BUT WAS UNSUCESSFUL.  AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT (5NM AWAY) WAS MADE, BUT THE PILOT DECIDED THAT THE AIRPORT WAS BEYOND THE GLIDE DISTANCE OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECIDED TO LAND IN A SOY BEAN FIELD.  THE LANDING IN THE FIELD RESULTED IN THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPING OVER.

## 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 CEN10LA566](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10LA566), Sep 25, 2010: Holmes Gary Don Rutan LONG-EZ (N22GZ), Yellow Springs, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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