- Date
- May 2, 1990, 18:00 local (May 3, 1990, 01:00 UTC)
- Place
- Willows, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2069GLerstang Long EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 21, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900502013149A
- Case key
- 26573
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Probable cause
The pilots misjudgement of the correct landing spot and allowed the aircraft to descend into the ground without taking proper and timely corrective action.
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
The pilot stated he experienced a loss of engine power during a visual approach to land. The aircraft landed 20 feet short of the runway. Examination of the aircraft and the engine revealed no evidence of a mechanical malfunction with the engine or the flight controls. The winds were reported to be variable at 10 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2069G
- Reported as
- Lerstang Long EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1381
- Airframe hours
- 405
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235 C1B, 108 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lerstang, Myrton R.
- Registered owner
- Myrton R Lerstang
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 28, 1990 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- WLW · Willows, CA
- Destination
- CA
- Airport
- WLW · Willows Glenn Co., runway 34, 4,506 × 50 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
- 51
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 3 °F, dew point 3 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.