# N59MW: 1980 Kier VARIEZE, registration cancelled 2013-03-19

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 19, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Kier VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/kier-varieze) (registry code 0560937)
- Engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-252](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-252) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 618
- Year built: 1980
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: July 28, 1980
- Certificate issued: July 20, 1993
- Last registry action: July 10, 2000
- Mode S code: A79C36
- Owner when cancelled: [White Macey W Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WHITE%20MACEY%20W%20JR)
- Location: [Cleveland, OH](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OH/Cleveland)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 41.4578° N, 81.7899° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 44111, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N59MW
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=59MW
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59MW-2013-03-19

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Kier VARIEZE: https://openairdocs.org/model/kier-varieze.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 BFO95LA021](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO95LA021), Dec 14, 1994: Elvin N. Kier Varieze (N59MW), Cleveland, OH, destroyed. Probable cause: A FATIGUE CRACK IN THE RIGHT ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE RESULTING IN THE DISCONNECTION OF THE ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBES AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL.

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