- Date
- February 23, 1985, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hollywood, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N83CRAuton - Dunham Rutan Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850223039669A
- Case key
- 31357
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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
The plt stated that the flt was smooth until he crossed over the trees at the end of the rwy & was hit with a gust of wind & hit the ground short of the rwy causing the main & nose landing gear to separate. The plane continued to fly about 75 yards before coming to a full stop about 20 yards from the FAR end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83CR
- Reported as
- Auton - Dunham Rutan Long EZ (RUTAN LONG)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 150
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charles Auton
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Destination
- HWO · Hollywood, FL
- Airport
- HWO · North Perry, runway 9, 3,000 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 105 total · 2 in this make and model · 105 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 13 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 12 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.