# NTSB LAX07CA112: Caywood Long-Ez, N829CL, El Cajon, CA, March 16, 2007

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: March 16, 2007, 11:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Coordinates: 32.82611, -116.972503
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8261&lon=-116.9725&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 27, 2007
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 65450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX07CA112
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/65450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX07CA112

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the airplane during the landing roll.

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - encountered, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - ground

## Analysis

The airplane veered off the runway after touchdown and damaged the landing gear structural attach points and the fuselage.  The pilot said that just after touchdown the plane swerved left.  He applied the right brake in an attempt to correct the swerve.  The airplane departed the runway to the left and the left main landing gear dug into the dirt, causing damage to the main mount and fuselage.  The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions.

## Factual narrative

The airplane veered off the runway after touchdown and damaged the landing gear structural attach points and the fuselage.  The pilot said that just after touchdown the plane swerved  left.  He applied the right brake in an attempt to correct the swerve.  The airplane departed the runway to the left and the left main landing gear dug into the dirt, causing damage to the main mount and fuselage.  The pilot stated that the airplane and engine had no mechanical failures or malfunctions.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N829CL](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N829CL-2017-04-13), registration cancelled 2017-04-13, S/N 1237, built 1985 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Caywood Long-Ez
- Registry model: [Caywood Tom W JR LONG-EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/caywood-tom-w-jr-long-ez) (registry code 056098F) (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: 1237
- Engines: Lycoming O-235-L2C reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Marvin A. Hodges
- Registered owner: C & C Business Group
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: KSEE, El Cajon, CA
- Destination: KSEE, El Cajon, CA
- Airport: KSEE, Gillespie Field, runway 27R, 5,342 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 78; private, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3; flight hours: 2,719 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 7 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: KSEE

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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