# Accident 20230819015669A: Montague Thomas W LONG EZ, Brighton, MI, August 19, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2023, 08:30 local time
- Place: Brighton, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.5351° N, 83.7971° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5351&lon=-83.7971&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29TM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29TM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Montague Thomas W LONG EZ (registry code 05690D1, https://openairdocs.org/model/montague-thomas-w-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: MONTAGUE THOMAS W LONG EZ
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-235 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 47 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA371) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230819015669A

## Narrative

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

WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT 4500' MSL AND APPROXIMATLEY 6NM SOUTH OF BRIGHTON AIRPORT (45G) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER.

THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH DTW APPROACH AND ELECTED TO PROCEED TO 45G WHICH WAS 6NM AWAY INSTEAD OF SLECTING A CLOSER EMERGENCY LANDING SPOT. THE PILOT OVERFLEW NUMEROUS SUITABLE EMERGENCY LANDING AREAS INCLUDING GOLF COURSES.

WHEN HE REALIZED HE WOULD NOT MAKE IT TO 45G AND WAS APPROACHING A POPULATED AREA WITH A LOT OF BUILDINGS HE ELECTED TO PUT THE AIRCRAFT IN A SMALL LAKE, THERE WAS A GOLF COURSE FAIRWAY .1NM FROM THE LAKE THAT HE SELECTED TO DITCH IN.

## 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 CEN23LA371](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23LA371), Aug 19, 2023: Rutan Longez (N29TM), Genoa Township, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

## Other reports on N29TM (2)

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

- [Incident 20010322009339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010322009339I), Mar 22, 2001: Amtr LONGEZ (N29TM), Greenville, SC, Minor damage. (-23)On landing at Greenville (gmu) airport, runway one, the nose gear swivel fork failed on contact with the runway. The nose gear wheel separated from the…
- [Incident 19970103008659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970103008659I), Jan 3, 1997: Amtrru VARIEZELONG (N29TM), Ft Smith, AR, Minor damage. Narrative: during cruise flight, the wooden propeller came apart. Part of the propeller struck the right rudder knocking the rudder from the aircraft at 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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