# NTSB LAX85LXQ02: Ronald C. Render Long EZ, Lee Vining, CA, August 9, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: August 8, 1985, 17:47 local (Aug 9, 1985, 00:47 UTC)
- Place: Lee Vining, CA
- Coordinates: 37.990055, -119.110786 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9901&lon=-119.1108&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24859
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LXQ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24859/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LXQ02

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
- Roll over, landing

## Analysis

DURING ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS ALIGNED SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE WHILE LANDING WITH A LEFT X-WIND COMPONENT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT LANDED ON THE DIRT APRON, ROLLED TO THE RIGHT & HE COULD NOT LIFT THE DOWNWIND WING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND, THE ACFT SPUN AROUND 180 DEG, THEN IT FLIPPED OVER. THE PLT BELIEVED WIND SHEAR WAS A PROBABLE FACTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N325OK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RONALD C. RENDER LONG EZ
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 819
- Airframe hours: 170
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 118 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Ronald C. Render
- Registered owner: Ronald C. Render
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, February 10, 1985, 43 hours before
- Departed: MMH, MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Airport: 024, Lee Vining, runway 32, 4,090 × 50 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: rear; flight hours: 721 total, 170 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 270° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

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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