- Date
- December 2, 1988, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Camarillo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N84BJChamberlain Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881202062679A
- Case key
- 26144
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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
During a local test flight, the pilot had reduced power to decrease altitude for approach to the airport. When power was applied, the engine did not respond. The pilot made an off-runway landing. Inspection of the airplane revealed that the spring on the throttle valve cable malfunctioned.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84BJ
- Reported as
- Chamberlain Long EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1369
- Airframe hours
- 5
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290G, 128 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lloyd W. Chamberlain
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- CMA · Camarillo, runway 8, 6,000 × 75 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
- 63
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 590 total · 10 in this make and model · 590 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.