# NTSB FTW90DRD01: Long E-Z-E Long E-Z-E-, N77NW, Hammond, LA, December 28, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 28, 1989, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place: Hammond, LA
- Location: 30.5060° N, 90.4549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hammond, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5060&lon=-90.4549&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 25, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 22978
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW90DRD01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/22978/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW90DRD01

## Probable cause

INADEQUATE AIRCRAFT HANDLING AND RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. FACTORS WERE GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS, THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL, AND THE PILOT'S LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH THE AIRPLANE.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - aircraft handling - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - recovery from bounced landing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS MAKING A LANDING FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE HOMEBUILT AIRPLANE. HE SAID HE MADE A HARD TO SEVERE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY, BOUNCED TO THE LEFT AND DEPARTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE WENT OFF INTO SOFT SOIL, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER TO THE INVERTED POSITION. WIND WAS FROM 220 DEGREES AT 12 KNOTS GUSTING TO 18. THE AIRPLANE WAS EQUIPPED WITH FIXED MAIN LANDING GEAR AND A RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N77NW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77NW-1992-03-03), registration cancelled 1992-03-03, S/N 931 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LONG  E-Z-E LONG E-Z-E- (LONG E-Z-E)
- Registry model: [Dean Richard A RAF LONG EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/dean-richard-a-raf-long-eze) (registry code 05690P6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 931
- Airframe hours: 5
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Richard A. Dean
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, December 28, 1990, 0 hours before
- Departed: 0R9
- Destination: OR9
- Airport: OR9, Hammond, runway 18, 4,600 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 185 total, 150 as pilot in command, 2 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 220° at 12 knots, gusting 18
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °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 19891228053729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891228053729A), Dec 28, 1989: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Hammond, LA, Destroyed. Bounced on hard landing. Collapsed nose gear, veered off runway and flipped over. First test flight. No time in type

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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