# Accident 19890607014689A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Spencerville, IN, June 7, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1989, 18:45 local time
- Place: Spencerville, IN
- Airport: Hilltop Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.2584° N, 84.8639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLTOP (58IN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2584&lon=-84.8639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N79SG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79SG-1989-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Good Stephen L VARIEZE (registry code 05609BQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/good-stephen-l-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 641 total, 475 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI89DET07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DET07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607014689A

## Narrative

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

LANDED ON PARTIAL MOWED GRASS RUNWAY RIGHT WING DRAGGED IN TALL GRASS. USED LEFT BRAKE GEAR,BROKE. PLANE NOSED OVER

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI89DET07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DET07), Jun 7, 1989: Good Varieze (N79SG), Spencerville, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT DURING THE SOFT FIELD LANDING.

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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