- Date
- September 13, 1982, 15:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Canyon Country, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7LZLong-Ez Rutan
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820913045759A
- Case key
- 70125
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Judgment - poorCause
Fluid,fuel - starvationCause
Aerobatics - performedCause
Loss of control - in flight
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall/spin - inadvertentFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The eng quit as the acft was observed performing acrobatic maneuvers. The acft was not equipped with a fuel system that would sustain fuel flow through negative "g" maneuvers. The eng would stop with a 0.5 negative g load.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7LZ
- Reported as
- Long-Ez Rutan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 496
- Airframe hours
- 227
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Hansen
- Registered owner
- Robert Hansen
- Departed
- Van Nuys, CA
- Destination
- Van Nuys, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 301 total · 102 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.