- Date
- May 11, 1983, 07:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fall River, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N245RRogers Long EZ
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830511019069A
- Case key
- 35107
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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 reported that during flt, the eng lost power. He moved the carburetor heat control to apply carb heat & tried to start the eng, but was unable. He then tried to land on a road, but crashed in a wooded area before reaching the roadway. An investigation revealed that the end of the carb heat box had become disconnected, making the carb heat sys inop. The eng was started & operated normally during a run-up check. At nantucket, MA. The temp & dew point were 43 & 41 deg, respectively. At hyannis, MA, the temp & dew point were 48 & 41 deg. According to icing probability curves, serious carb ice could have occurred in cruise power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N245R
- Reported as
- Rogers Long EZ
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 245
- Airframe hours
- 17
- Engine
- Lycoming O-235-C1, 115 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Daniel Rogers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 6, 1983 · 17 hours before
- Departed
- EWB · New Bedford, MA
- Airport
- FLR · Fall River, runway 33, 1,600 × 150 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 668 total · 18 in this make and model · 650 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EWB, 15 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.