# NTSB LAX88DUG02: Page Long EZ, N917WP, Chino, CA, March 8, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: March 8, 1988, 11:24 local (19:24 UTC)
- Place: Chino, CA
- Coordinates: 34.000137, -117.680717 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0001&lon=-117.6807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report June 9, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 25716
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX88DUG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/25716/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88DUG02

## Sequence of events

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

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - propeller system/accessories,blade - separation (cause)
  - maintenance,modification - improper, manufacturer (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - soft (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING A FLIGHT TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROPELLER, JUST AFTER TAKEOFF, ONE PROPELLER BLADE SEPARATED FROM THE HUB. THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY OFF FIELD LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD, WHERE DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE THREE BLADED PROP HAD NOT BEEN USED ON THIS ACFT/ENGINE BEFORE AND THE COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTED PROPELLER HAD BEEN MODIFIED BY THE PILOT BUILDER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N917WP](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N917WP-1994-04-26), registration cancelled 1994-04-26, S/N 792 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PAGE LONG EZ
- Registry model: [Page Wesley C LONG-EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/page-wesley-c-long-ez) (registry code 0569094) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 792
- Airframe hours: 90
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 125 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Page, Wesley Charles
- Registered owner: Wesley C. Page
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Unknown, May 29, 1987, 90 hours before
- Departed: CNO, CHINO, CA
- Destination: POC, LA VERNE, CA
- Flight plan: VFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: front; flight hours: 234 total, 90 in this make and model, 212 as pilot in command, 7 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Observed at: CNO, 1 nm away

## 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 19880308004899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880308004899A), Mar 8, 1988: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Chino, CA, Substantial damage. Lost a portion of a propeller blade on climbout. Crash landed off airport. Vibration broke a motor mount.

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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