- Date
- May 19, 2013, 15:12 local (15:12 UTC)
- Place
- Cadiz, Spain
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N742TJTomisin Thomas J Rutan Long EZ
- Defining event
- Landing: Landing gear not configured
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Lead agency
- Other
- Case key
- 90772
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Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Factual narrative
On May 19, 2013, at 1512 coordinated universal time, a Rutan Long EZ experimental airplane, N742TJ, landed with the nose landing gear retracted at the Jerez Airport (LEJR), Cadiz, Spain. The pilot was not injured and the airplane sustained minor damage. The accident investigation is under the jurisdiction and control of the government of Spain. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by or obtained from the government of Spain. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Comisión de Investigación de Accidentes e Incidentes de Aviación Civil Ministerio de Fomento c\Fruela, 6 - 28011 Madrid, Spain Tel.: (34) 91 597 89 60 E-mail: ciaiac@fomento.es Fax: (34) 91 463 55 35 Website: http://www.ciaiac.es
Aircraft
- Registration
- N742TJ
- Reported as
- Tomisin Thomas J Rutan Long EZ (NO SERIES)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2268
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Registered owner
- International Air Services Inc Trustee
- Departed
- LEAX · Malaga
- Destination
- LEJR · Cadiz
- Flight plan
- Unknown
- Airport
- LEJR · Jerez Airport, runway 20
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.