# NTSB WPR25LA148: Rutan LONG-EZE, N433EZ, Tucson, AZ, May 1, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: May 1, 2025, 10:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: Tucson, AZ · at airport
- Coordinates: 32.142211, -111.17457 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Parties: Federal Aviation Administration
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200114
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR25LA148
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200114/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR25LA148

## Preliminary report

On May 1, 2025, about 1030 mountain standard time, an experimental amateur-built Long EZE, N433EZ, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. The pilot departed Ryan Field Airport (RYN), Tucson, Arizona, and flew to Marana Regional Airport (AVQ), Marana, Arizona, and accomplished a low approach to the runway. The pilot then returned to RYN for a full stop landing on runway 6R. He reported that during the landing roll, the left brake failed, and the airplane veered right and exited the runway. Subsequently, the airplane’s left canard struck a runway sign, which resulted in substantial damage to the canard. The airplane came to rest about 20 ft off the right side of runway. The airplane was secured for further examination.

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330) (defining event); cases with it: [Reuland Richard S JR LONG-EZE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md?model=056091Z), [All aircraft, 994 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/330/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Reuland Richard S JR LONG-EZE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=056091Z), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Reuland Richard S JR LONG-EZE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=056091Z), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Nose over/nose down](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096); cases with it: [Reuland Richard S JR LONG-EZE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md?model=056091Z), [All aircraft, 2,287 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/096/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N433EZ](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N433EZ), registered now, S/N 1375 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RUTAN LONG-EZE
- Registry model: [Reuland Richard S JR LONG-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/reuland-richard-s-jr-long-eze) (registry code 056091Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1375
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Destination: Same as departure
- Airport: RYN, Ryan Fld, runway 06R/24L, 5,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 29.96 inHg
- Observed at: KTUS, 11 nm away
- METAR: KTUS 011753Z 15005KT 10SM CLR 27/M02 A2996 RMK AO2 SLP104 T02721017 10278 20156 58007

## 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 20250501009059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250501009059A), May 1, 2025: Reuland Richard S Jr LONG-EZE, Tucson, AZ, Substantial damage. The pilot-in-command (PIC) of the accident aircraft departed from Ryan Field (kryn) and climbed to 4,500 feet MSL. He then descended and entered a left…

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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