Soward RUTAN LONGEZE N196MS
22 May 1986 · Georgetown, Texas, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 22 May 1986 at about 23:59 local time, a Soward RUTAN LONGEZE registered N196MS, operated by Soward, Marvin, was involved in an accident near Georgetown, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 23:59
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Georgetown, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Georgetown (TO4)
- Coordinates
- 30.6391, -97.6800
- Aircraft
- Soward RUTAN LONGEZE
- Registration
- N196MS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Soward, Marvin
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Georgetown → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- FTW86FRG19
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 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 ACFT CRASHED AFTER HITTING TREES ON SHORT FINAL FOLLOWING AN INFLIGHT FIRE AND AN ENG FAILURE. THE ACFT WAS ON IT'S FIRST FLT FOLLOWING AN ENG OVERHAUL AND HAD BEEN AIRBORNE ABOUT 2 MINUTES WHEN GROUND AND AIR OBSERVERS NOTICED SMOKE TRAILING FROM THE ENG COMPARTMENT. THE OBSERVERS INFORMED THE PLT AND HE WAS ATTEMPTING A TURN TO RETURN TO THE ARPT WHEN THE ENG QUIT. HE SUBSEQUENTLY ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. ON SHORT FINAL, THE ACFT STRUCK TREES, IMPACTED IN A STREET AND SKIDDED INTO 2 VEHICLES PARKED IN A DRIVEWAY. THE PLT DIED AS A RESULT OF THE ENSUING FIRE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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