# NTSB NYC83FNA02: Rogers Long EZ, N245R, Fall River, MA, May 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 11, 1983, 07:00 local (11:00 UTC)
- Place: Fall River, MA
- Location: 41.7015° N, 71.1550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fall River, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7015&lon=-71.1550&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35107
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FNA02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35107/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNA02

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, cruise
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - anti-ice/deice system,carburetor/heat - disconnected (cause)
  - carburetor heat - not possible, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - fuel system,carburetor - ice (cause)
- Forced landing, landing
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N245R-1992-10-23), registration cancelled 1992-10-23, S/N 245 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ROGERS LONG EZ
- Registry model: [Rogers Daniel E LONG EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/rogers-daniel-e-long-ez) (registry code 05609VL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 245
- Airframe hours: 17
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830511019069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830511019069A), May 11, 1983: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Fall River, MA, Substantial damage. Engine quit. Unable to make airport. Overshot a road landing. Crashed into trees. Carb heat box end tubing came off

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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