- Date
- July 3, 1983, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oceano, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N3149KTwitchell LONG-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703027789A
- Case key
- 23577
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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.
Analysis
The acft was observed in a 3-4 turn spin until impact. A control stick was mounted on the right armrest in the rear cockpit. A complete set of controls; stick, rudder & throttle, was installed in the front cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3149K
- Reported as
- Twitchell LONG-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 57
- Airframe hours
- 68
- Engine
- Continental O-200A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Walter Scott Twitchell
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 15, 1983 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- L52 · Oceano, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 828 total · 68 in this make and model · 26 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.