# Long Eugene C LANCAIR ES

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05615W4
- Manufacturer (registry): LONG EUGENE C
- Model: LANCAIR ES
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 4
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/long-eugene-c-lancair-es

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 LAX08LA253](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX08LA253), Aug 1, 2008: Long Lancair ES (N45EL), Cliffdell, WA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while in cruise flight due to spatial disorientation. Contributing to the accident was turbulence and clouds.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20080801841989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080801841989A), Aug 1, 2008: Amtr LANCAIRES (N45EL), Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) At approximately 9, 700' mls ARTCC loses radar and radio contact with aircraft on IFR flight plan. Aircraft wreckage is subsequently found in timbered…

## Service difficulty reports (3)

As reported by operators and repair stations, by the model named in the report.

- [SDR 2015FA0000293](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2015FA0000293), Jun 29, 2015: MASTER CYLINDER. LEAKING. AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. INITIAL TESTING OF THE BRAKES; FOUND THAT THE RIGHT HAND MASTER CYLINDER, LEAKED DOWN DURING APPLICATION. ONLY TH
- [SDR 2005FA0000812](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2005FA0000812), Jun 7, 2005: LANDING GEAR. VIBRATES. SEVERE NOSE GEAR SHIMMY DURING LANDING. NOSE GEAR STRUT SERVICED WITH MIL-H-5606, REQUIRED 30-WT FORK OIL. NEXT FLT A SEVERE SHIMMY AGAIN. INSP REVEALED ENG MOU
- [SDR 2001FA0000345](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2001FA0000345), Mar 4, 2001: BEARING. FAILED. FLYING AT 5000 FEET, SAW SMOKE COME OUT OF FRONT OF COWL. PULLED POWER BACK. SMOKE QUIT. INCREASED POWER TO TRY TO MAKE AIRPORT. PROPELLER QUIT TURNING. AFTER C

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Bloodworth Tommy LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/bloodworth-tommy-lancair-es): 2 registered aircraft, registry code 05627QY
- [Stia Robert J LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/stia-robert-j-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05601IG
- [Beushausen Donald J LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/beushausen-donald-j-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056022E
- [Sorensen Gary E LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/sorensen-gary-e-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05602TJ
- [Williams Wayne LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-wayne-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056036T
- [Kelley Lonny R LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/kelley-lonny-r-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560407
- [ONG Timothy LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/ong-timothy-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604DG
- [Parkes Thomas D LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/parkes-thomas-d-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560604
- [Scales James O LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/scales-james-o-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607C2
- [Brenner Charles H LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/brenner-charles-h-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05607QD
- [Wasserott Elmer H LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/wasserott-elmer-h-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608IY
- [Slater Wayne B LANCAIR ES](https://openairdocs.org/model/slater-wayne-b-lancair-es): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05608YR

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