| Crash location | 32.142222°N, 111.174445°W
Reported location is a long distance from the NTSB's reported nearest city. This often means that the location has a typo, or is incorrect. |
| Nearest city | Tucson, AZ
32.221743°N, 110.926479°W 15.5 miles away |
| Tail number | N15664 |
|---|---|
| Accident date | 07 Oct 2017 |
| Aircraft type | Piper Pa 28-180 |
| Additional details: | None |
On October 7, 2017, about 1030 mountain standard time, an experimental amateur built Borom Long EZ, N966EZ, and a Piper PA-28-180, N15664, collided midair about 1 mile northwest of the Ryan Field Airport (RYN) Tucson, Arizona. The private pilot, sole occupant of the Long EZ, and the private pilot and passenger of the Piper, were not injured. The Long EZ sustained substantial damage to the left rudder and the Piper sustained minor damage to the landing gear assembly. Both airplanes were registered to private individuals and operated by the pilots as 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flights. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was filed for either flight. The Long EZ departed RYN about 0950 and the Piper departed from Chandler Municipal Airport, Chandler, Arizona, about 0935.
The pilot of the Long EZ reported that he was on downwind when he observed another airplane on left base, slightly above him, off to his right side, and closing rapidly. Shortly thereafter, the airplanes collided.
According to the pilot of the Piper, he began his turn for a left base for runway 6L when he noticed an airplane coming from the east, on downwind. The pilot of the Piper stated that he attempted to avoid the other airplane, however, his airplane's landing gear struck the Long EZ.
Both pilots declared an emergency and landed at RYN without further incident.