- Date
- May 22, 1986, 18:59 local (23:59 UTC)
- Place
- Georgetown, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N196MSSoward Rutan Longeze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860522022309A
- Case key
- 21968
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Analysis
The acft crashed after hitting trees on short final following an inflight fire and an eng failure. The acft was on it's first flt following an eng overhaul and had been airborne about 2 minutes when ground and air observers noticed smoke trailing from the eng compartment. The observers informed the plt and he was attempting a turn to return to the arpt when the eng quit. He subsequently attempted an emergency landing in a residential area. On short final, the acft struck trees, impacted in a street and skidded into 2 vehicles parked in a driveway. The plt died as a result of the ensuing fire.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N196MS
- Reported as
- Soward Rutan Longeze (RUTAN LONG)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1196
- Airframe hours
- 1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Soward, Marvin, doing business as Johnston Julius Carlin
- Registered owner
- Soward, Marvin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1986 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- TO4 · Georgetown, TX
- Airport
- TO4 · Georgetown, runway 18, 4,100 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,833 total · 126 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
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