Jones LONG-EZ N4JZ

Summary

On 10 July 2024 at about 16:30 local time, a Jones LONG-EZ registered N4JZ was involved in an accident near Thomasville, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 July 2024 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Thomasville, Georgia, United States

Coordinates

30.8091, -83.9227

Aircraft

Jones LONG-EZ

Registration

N4JZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Houma → Thomasville

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA24LA303

Nobody was injured.

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Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that he was maneuvering around weather at 11,500 ft mean sea level (msl) when he made a rapid descent to 3,500 ft msl to remain clear of clouds. He reported that he did not exceed the airplane’s maneuvering speed during the descent, and that when the airplane reached 3,500 msl, it began to “violently shake,” followed by a total loss of engine power. The pilot made a successful forced landing to a field; however, after he landed, he noticed about three-quarters of one of the wooden propeller blades was missing and two of the engine mounts were sheared from the firewall. The pilot stated the wooden P-prop had been overhauled and had accrued about 50-60 hours since overhaul. The pilot provided photographs of the fractured propeller blade; however, the detail observed in the photographs was insufficient to determine the reason the blade failed. Additional photographs were requested; however, they were not provided by the pilot. Therefore, the reason for the blade failure could not be determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.