# NTSB CHI86FEE07: Murphy LONG-EZE, N21VE, Princeton, IL, September 14, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: September 14, 1986, 09:51 local (14:51 UTC)
- Place: Princeton, IL
- Coordinates: 41.369167, -89.460494 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3692&lon=-89.4605&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13291
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEE07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13291/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEE07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - compensation for wind conditions - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HELD THE AIRCRAFT IN A CRABBED ATTITUDE THROUGHOUT THE TOUCHDOWN PHASE OF LANDING TO COMPENSATE FOR A CROSSWIND CONDITION. ON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON ITS BELLY FOR APPROXIMATELY 330 FEET AND CAME TO A STOP.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N21VE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N21VE-2013-06-04), registration cancelled 2013-06-04, S/N 2, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MURPHY LONG-EZE
- Registry model: [Murphy J L JR MURPHY LONG-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/murphy-j-l-jr-murphy-long-eze) (registry code 05609EY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 002
- Airframe hours: 405
- Engines: LYCOMING O-290-D2 135 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Jeffrey S. Brooks
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, August 8, 1986, 25 hours before
- Departed: MKG, MUSKEGON, MI
- Destination: C41, PRINCETON, IL
- Airport: C41, Princeton, runway 36, 2,500 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 1,135 total, 25 in this make and model, 1,035 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 25 in the last 30 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 4 knots
- Visibility: 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature: 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860914044889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860914044889A), Sep 14, 1986: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Princeton, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft skidded on landing, causing gear failure. Inexperienced pilot attempted landing on a sod strip.

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.

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