20240710016129A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Jones Gay E LONG-EZ · Thomasville, GA · July 10, 2024

Date
July 10, 2024 · 16:35 local
Place
Thomasville, GA
Airport
Thomasville Regional
Phase of flight
Cruise/Level Flight
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4JZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA24LA303
Reported as
Jones Gay E LONG-EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Unknown or foreign certificate

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported severe vibration and engine failure in cruise flight. The pliot landed the aircraft in a field. The aircraft sustained substancial damage. The outer portion of one of the wooden propeller blades could not be found.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED SEVERE VIBRATION AND ENGINE FAILURE IN CRUISE FLIGHT. THE PLIOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANCIAL DAMAGE. THE OUTER PORTION OF ONE OF THE WOODEN PROPELLER BLADES COULD NOT BE FOUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.