- Date
- April 11, 1986, 11:10 local (17:10 UTC)
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N123AESteinorth Extra Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860411011409A
- Case key
- 13310
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Analysis
During an apch to land, the eng of the home built acft lost power. The plt tried to restart the eng by using the ignition switch, but was unable. He turned to land in a pasture, but the acft hit an electrical wire & came to rest in a row of trees. The plt rprtd that he took off with fuel in both tanks, but only used fuel from the left tank. An exam of the acft after the acdnt revealed the left tank was empty.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123AE
- Reported as
- Steinorth Extra Long EZ (EXTRA LONG)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1-1275
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 235 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward O. Steinorth
- Registered owner
- Edward O. Steinorth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- ENW · Kenosha, WI
- Airport
- ENW · Kenosha, runway 32, 4,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 170 total · 14 in this make and model · 70 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MKE, 22 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.