# NTSB SEA05LA134: Jones Long EZ, N58LD, Marsing, ID, June 28, 2005 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · Fatal · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: June 28, 2005, 10:25 local (16:25 UTC) - Place: Marsing, ID - Coordinates: 43.417778, -116.706108 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4178&lon=-116.7061&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: Fatal - Injuries: 1 fatal, 1 minor - Status: Completed, report February 28, 2006 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Parties: FAA FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 61826 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA05LA134 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/61826/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA05LA134 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during landing, and his subsequent delay in attempting a recovery from a bounced landing. A contributing factor was the taxiway berm. ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - Loss of control - in flight, approach - vfr pattern - final approach - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command - recovery from bounced landing - delayed, pilot in command (cause) - On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll - terrain condition - berm (contributing factor) ## Analysis The pilot was performing a landing, and as he crossed the end of the runway he slowed the airplane and then stalled it. The passenger said that "he felt the bottom drop out and he knew they were going to bounce." He said that the airplane landed hard, and bounced up and drifted to the left. When it came down the second time, the left main wheel was off the runway in soft dirt, further pulling the airplane left. He said the pilot applied power "in an attempt to go around." Subsequently the airplane struck a perpendicular taxiway with a drainage culvert through it, which separated the main landing gear from the fuselage. The airplane proceeded forward and struck a second taxiway, badly damaging the nose of the fuselage. The pilot was fatally injured. ## Factual narrative On June 28, 2005, at approximately 1025 mountain daylight time, a Jones Long EZ, amateur built experimental aircraft, N58LD, was substantially damaged during a landing attempt at Sunrise Skypark Airport, Marsing, Idaho. The private pilot was fatally injured and his passenger received minor injuries. The pilot/owner was conducting the flight under Title 14 CFR Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the local personal flight which had originated approximately 25 minutes before the accident. A flight plan had not been filed. The passenger said that the pilot was performing a landing on runway 30. He said that as they crossed the "numbers" the airplane's speed slowed, and the airplane stalled. The passenger said that "he felt the bottom drop out and he knew they were going to bounce." He said that the airplane landed hard, and bounced up and drifted to the left. When it came down the second time, the left main wheel was off the runway in soft dirt, further pulling the airplane left. He said the pilot applied power "in an attempt to go around." Subsequently the airplane struck a perpendicular taxiway with a drainage culvert through it, which separated the main landing gear from the fuselage. The airplane proceeded forward and struck a second taxiway, badly damaging the nose of the fuselage. The pilot built the airplane in 1988; he had accumulated approximately 258 hours of flight time in the aircraft. The Owyhee County Corner, from Murphy, Idaho, ordered an autopsy to be done on the pilot, which was completed on June 29, 2005, in Nampa, Idaho. The Forensic Pathologist that performed the autopsy determined that the cause of death was due to an aviation accident. The Federal Aviation Administration's Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, performed toxicology test on the pilot. According to CAMI's report (#200500146001), the blood and vitreous samples that were tested for carbon monoxide, cyanide, and volatiles (ethanol) found negative results. The blood and urine were tested for drugs and found Atenolol, the generic name for Tenormin. The Physicians Desk References states that "Tenormin, a type of medication known as a beta blocker, is used in the treatment of high blood pressure, angina pectoris, and heart attack." ## Aircraft - Registration: [N58LD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58LD-2005-08-25), registration cancelled 2005-08-25, S/N 1696, built 1988 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: Jones Long EZ - Registry model: [Jones David W LONG EZ](https://openairdocs.org/model/jones-david-w-long-ez) (registry code 05690F7) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-235 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (registry code 41505, 4 cycle) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane, amateur-built - Serial number: 1696 - Engines: Lycoming O-235 115 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: David W. Jones - Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special) - Departed: EUL, Caldwell, ID - Destination: ID40, Marsing, ID - Airport: ID40, Sunrise Skypark Airport, runway 30, 2,897 × 40 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 68; injuries: fatal; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, with waivers/limitations; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 3,650 total, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 320° at 8 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 6,000 ft overcast - Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 29.96 inHg - Observed at: EUL, 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 20050628012969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050628012969A), Jun 28, 2005: Amtr LONGEZ, Marsing, ID, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. (-23) The passenger who is a long ez owner explained that following a flight to caldwell, ID they were returning to Sunrise Skypark. While on final at… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.