# NTSB LAX89DUQ02: Chamberlain Long EZ, N84BJ, Camarillo, CA, December 2, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1988, 12:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Coordinates: 34.210014, -118.880844 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2100&lon=-118.8808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 24, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 26144
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX89DUQ02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/26144/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUQ02

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf, cruise - normal
  - throttle/power lever,cable - failure,partial (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N84BJ-1994-07-07), registration cancelled 1994-07-07, S/N 1369 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CHAMBERLAIN LONG EZ
- Registry model: [Chamberlaincloyde W LONG-EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlaincloyde-w-long-ez) (registry code 05609YS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1369
- Airframe hours: 5
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19881202062679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881202062679A), Dec 2, 1988: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Oxnard, CA, Destroyed. Opened throttle on approach engine stayed at idle. Crash landed short of runway. Throttle cable spring was too weak

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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