# NTSB ERA26LA052: Toomey Long EZ, N82MT, Beaufort, SC, November 19, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: November 19, 2025, 16:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Coordinates: 32.527917, -80.553417
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5279&lon=-80.5534&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties: FAA/ FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 202053
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA26LA052
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/202053/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA052

## Preliminary report

On November 19, 2025, about 1630 eastern standard time, an experimental, amateur-built Long EZ, N82MT, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Beaufort, South Carolina. The private pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The airplane departed the Chesapeake Regional Airport (CPK), Chesapeake, Virginia, at 1345, with an intended destination of Zephyrhills Municipal Airport (ZPH), Zephyrhills, Florida. Preliminary Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data obtained from the FAA showed that the airplane climbed to an altitude of 5,500 ft mean sea level (msl) after takeoff. Approximately 1 hour and 45 minutes into the flight, the airplane began a slow descent to 1,500 ft msl and at 1545, the airplane’s altitude fluctuated between 1,300 and 475 ft msl. The pilot reported that at approximately 1620, at an altitude of 1,500 ft above ground level (agl), the airplane’s engine began to run “extremely rough.” The pilot switched fuel tanks, applied carburetor heat, enriched the mixture, then leaned the mixture, turned on and off the auxiliary fuel pump, advanced and retarded the throttle, but the engine “ran progressively worse.” When the airplane was at approximately 500 ft agl, the engine lost all power, and the pilot performed a forced landing in a coastal tributary stream. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the fuselage and both wings. The wreckage was retained for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Enroute-cruise: Loss of engine power (total)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341) (defining event); cases with it: [Toomey Michael S LONG EZ, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md?model=056023E), [All aircraft, 3,820 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/341/sequence.md)
- [Landing: Ditching](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441); cases with it: [Toomey Michael S LONG EZ, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md?model=056023E), [All aircraft, 186 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/441/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N82MT](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N82MT), registered now, S/N 004, built 2017 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TOOMEY Long EZ (NO SERIES)
- Registry model: [Toomey Michael S LONG EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/toomey-michael-s-long-ez) (registry code 056023E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming O-320-E2D](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-320-e2d) (registry code 42123, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 004
- Year built: 2017
- Airframe hours: 244
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Continuous airworthiness, April 22, 2025
- Departed: KCPK, Chesapeak, VA
- Destination: KZPH, Zephyrhills, FL
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: KARW, Beaufort Exec
- Equipment: ADS-B, Handheld GPS, Electronic primary flight display, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 260° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Temperature: 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.06 inHg
- Observed at: KNBC, 9 nm away
- METAR: METAR KNBC 192056Z 26008KT 7SM FEW030 SCT200 28/16 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP180 T02830161 56014

## 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 20251119019819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251119019819A), Nov 19, 2025: Toomey Michael S LONG EZ, Beaufort County, SC, Substantial damage. Aircraft impacted the water / marsh near Beaufort, SC. Departed kcpk at 1:45PM EST. Departed for an intended landing at kzph. About 2.5 hours into the flight,…

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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