- Date
- April 5, 1985, 11:23 local (16:23 UTC)
- Place
- Crystal River, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N280EZCanard Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850405010919A
- Case key
- 31384
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that while flying at low level he collided with some power lines, severing his main landing gear & one half of his left winglet. He then continued about 4 miles further landing in a clear area on the Crystal River power plant property & slid aprx 50 yards before he stopped.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280EZ
- Reported as
- Canard Long EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 588
- Airframe hours
- 240
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-L2C, 110 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Canard Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1984
- Departed
- OCF · Ocala, 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
- 29
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 447 total · 220 in this make and model · 379 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 30 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.