Long-Ez RUTAN N7LZ

13 September 1982 · Canyon Country, California, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 13 September 1982 at about 22:50 local time, a Long-Ez RUTAN registered N7LZ, operated by Robert Hansen, was involved in an accident near Canyon Country, California, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 13 September 1982 at 22:50
Classification: Accident
Location: Canyon Country, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Long-Ez RUTAN
Registration: N7LZ
Category: Airplane
Engines: 1
Operator: Robert Hansen
Operating rule: Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight: Personal
Phase of flight: Not recorded
Route: Van Nuys → Van Nuys
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Day
NTSB number: LAX82FUQ17

People

2 people were seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	2	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ENG QUIT AS THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING ACROBATIC MANEUVERS. THE ACFT WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A FUEL SYSTEM THAT WOULD SUSTAIN FUEL FLOW THROUGH NEGATIVE "G" MANEUVERS. THE ENG WOULD STOP WITH A 0.5 NEGATIVE G LOAD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record LAX82FUQ17, from the public aviation accident database.

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