# Incident 19871129081239I: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Mojave, CA, November 29, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 29, 1987, 12:00 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N515DR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N515DR-1999-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ronneberg Dave LONG-EZE (registry code 056092A, https://openairdocs.org/model/ronneberg-dave-long-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 890 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871129081239I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

STRUCK A PINE TREE WHILE FLYING AT LOW LEVEL OVER UNPOPULATED AREA.

## Other reports on N515DR (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910526017199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910526017199A), May 26, 1991: Amtrru VARIEZELONG (N515DR), Kanab, UT, Substantial damage. Stalled on climbout during ribbon cutting contest. Impacted west of airport.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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