- Date
- July 3, 1983, 18:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Near Captiva, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N812EZLong EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830703028239A
- Case key
- 30791
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
A witness observed the aircraft flying in a northerly direction about 1/2 mile away at an altitude of about 100 feet. It appeared to be travelling in excess of 80 KTS and the engine sounded normal. Another witness observed the aircraft strike the water in a gradual descent. No evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction of the aircraft structure or flight control system was found in the recovered wreckage.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N812EZ
- Reported as
- Long EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 195
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 118 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Roger A. Warren
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 2, 1983 · 3 hours before
- Departed
- EYW · Key West, FL
- Destination
- PIE · St. Petersburg, FL
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 100 in this make and model · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 12,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 20 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.