- Date
- September 27, 1989, 21:00 local (Sep 28, 1989, 05:00 UTC)
- Place
- Palmer, AK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N52AKEvanson Long EZ/52
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- FAA report
- 19890927036969A
- Case key
- 5094
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's failure to maintain the proper altitude.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The homebuilt long ez crashed into a wooded area next to the approach end of the runway. There were no witnesses to the accident according to local police. The airplane was on a VFR approach when the it struck the trees. The pilot's log book revealed a total of 18 hours in this aircraft. Examination of the flight controls revealed no evidence of pre-impact failure. No medical or toxicological factors were evident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N52AK
- Reported as
- Evanson Long EZ/52
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 52
- Airframe hours
- 18
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Evanson, David C.
- Registered owner
- David C Evgnson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 14, 1986 · 18 hours before
- Departed
- ANC · Anchorage, AK
- Airport
- PAAQ · Palmer Muni, runway 15, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,061 total · 18 in this make and model · 2,010 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 18 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 48 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PAQ, 2 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.