19900610019399A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrru Variezelong · La Grande, OR · June 10, 1990

Date
June 10, 1990 · 18:30 local
Place
La Grande, OR
Airport
La Grande/Union County Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9175Y
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA90LA095
Reported as
Amtrru Variezelong
Reported engine
Lycoming O235C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
257 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit on climbout. Damage indicates a stall then occurred. Contaminated auto fuel in aircraft fueled by cans.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. DAMAGE INDICATES A STALL THEN OCCURRED. CONTAMINATED AUTO FUEL IN AIRCRAFT FUELED BY CANS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.