Brewster LONG-EZ accident near Kanab, UT
On September 4, 2011, a Brewster LONG-EZ (airplane) was involved in an accident near Kanab, UT. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- September 4, 2011
- Place
- Kanab, UT
- Aircraft
- Brewster LONG-EZ · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 37.134°N, 112.469°W
- NTSB ID
- 20110905X43104
Official records · WPR11FA429
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On September 4, 2011, at 1452 mountain daylight time, a Brewster Long-EZ experimental amateur-built airplane, N9DZ, sustained substantial damage during impact with terrain near Kanab, Utah. The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, received fatal injuries. The builder/owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal cross-country flight, which had originated about 20 minutes before the accident. A flight plan had not been filed. The pilot was flying from Bryce Canyon, Utah, to Kanab, Utah, in extended formation with two other airplanes. Kanab Municipal Airport was hosting a Rutan Fly-In over Labor Day weekend. The pilot had flown from his home in El Paso, Texas, to Kanab on Saturday, the day before the accident. On the morning of the accident, several pilots in three airplanes decided to fly to Bryce Canyon for lunch, a distance of about 45 nautical miles (nm). On the return flight, the accident airplane was the number two airplane, and radar indicated that he was trailing the lead airplane by about 1.5 nm. The flight’s ground track was about 215 degrees. As the lead airplane approached Kanab, he radioed the other two airplanes to change their radio frequency to Kanab’s Common Traffic Advisory Frequency (CTAF) 122.8 MHz. The accident pilot acknowledged the instruction, but never checked in on the CTAF frequency. The number three airplane did check in. Radar data indicated that the number three airplane was trailing the accident airp
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of airplane control during cruise flight.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
