- Date
- October 17, 1987, 15:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Newell, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N38EZPugh LONG-EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871017059939A
- Case key
- 25777
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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
Before taking off, the plt noted that the wind sock was 'whipping & was about 3/4 full.' He said that after takeoff, he made a flyby at about 50' AGL, with an airspeed of about 150 mph. He then entered a steep climbing right turn. The plt estimated that at about 400' AGL, the acft 'fell off as in a stall.' He initiated corrective action, but the acft struck the ground in a nose hi attitude during recovery. The plt believed the acft enctrd windshear or a downdraft when he lost control. He rprtd the surface wind was from 170 deg at 15 gusting 20 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N38EZ
- Reported as
- Pugh LONG-EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 927
- Airframe hours
- 288
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D2, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Moore, Robert L.
- Registered owner
- Moore, Robert L
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 081
- Airport
- 081 · Tulelake Muni, runway 29, 3,577 × 44 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 424 total · 238 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 15 knots, gusting 20
- 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.