# N23EZ: Skilling Jim VARI-EZE, registration cancelled 1990-10-10

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 10, 1990
- Status when cancelled: N-number assigned, not yet registered
- Airframe: [Skilling Jim VARI-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/skilling-jim-vari-eze) (registry code 05609UF)
- Serial number: 1592
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Mode S code: A206A3
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23EZ
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=23EZ
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23EZ-1990-10-10

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Skilling Jim VARI-EZE: https://openairdocs.org/model/skilling-jim-vari-eze.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX89DVA11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DVA11), Sep 28, 1989: Skilling VARI-EZE (N23EZ), Oakdale, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND THE DELAYED INITIATION OF THE ABORTED LANDING. A FACTOR WAS LACK OF AIRCRAFT FAMILIARITY.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19890928036939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890928036939A), Sep 28, 1989: Amtrru VARIEZE (N23EZ), Oakdale, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. During check out,flight landed on edge of runway,began go around. Failed to become airborne. Tumbled off end runway.

## Other aircraft with N23EZ

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N23EZ): Fogerson Richard D RV-3, S/N 11351, built 2005
- [Cancelled 2013-07-30](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23EZ-2013-07-30): Ryan Anthony W LONG EZ 61, S/N 390. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Thermal, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Thermal)

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