# Accident 19920108000309A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Lamar, MS, January 8, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1992, 17:59 local time
- Place: Lamar, MS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Scud Running
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9109° N, 89.3110° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9109&lon=-89.3110&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12WP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12WP-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Penny Walter R VARI-EZE (registry code 05609NK, https://openairdocs.org/model/penny-walter-r-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,350 total, 250 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA92LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA057) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920108000309A

## Narrative

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

TOOK OFF VFR AT DUSK AND ENTERED CLOUDS. CRASHED INTO TREES EN ROUTE. ADVISED ON WX BRIEFING VFR NOT RECOMMENDED.

## 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 MIA92LA057](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA057), Jan 8, 1992: Walter R. Penney VARI-EZE (N12WP), Lamar, MS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT IN COMMANDS DEPARTURE INTO AND CONTINUED FLIGHT IN INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WHILE OPERATING UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES RESULTING IN AN INFLIGHT COLLISION WITH TREES AND THEN THE…

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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