# NTSB LAX83FVM09: Twitchell LONG-EZE, N3149K, Oceano, CA, July 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1983, 11:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Oceano, CA
- Coordinates: 35.040489, -120.620414 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0405&lon=-120.6204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Unknown](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/990) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23577
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FVM09
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23577/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FVM09

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - in flight, unknown
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent
  - stall/spin

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3149K-2013-06-06), registration cancelled 2013-06-06, S/N 57, built 1982 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TWITCHELL LONG-EZE
- Registry model: [Twitchell Scott LONG-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/twitchell-scott-long-eze) (registry code 05609TU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 57
- Airframe hours: 68
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830703027789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703027789A), Jul 3, 1983: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Oceano, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Witnesses observed aircraft in a flat spin until ground impact in near level attitude. No mechanical defects.

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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