# Accident 19920709024809A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Indianapolis, IN, July 9, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1992, 10:30 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Mount Comfort Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8565° N, 85.8904° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8565&lon=-85.8904&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40TS-1996-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Townsend-Synder RULTAN VARIEZE (registry code 05609VM, https://openairdocs.org/model/townsend-synder-rultan-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: LYC O235C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 282 total, 110 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI92DEX02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DEX02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920709024809A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH. LANDED SHORT IN TALL CORN. LEFT FUEL SELECTOR ON HEADER TANK. RAN DRY. FAILED SELECT MAINS

## 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 CHI92DEX02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI92DEX02), Jul 9, 1992: Townsend-Snyder Rultan Varieze (N40TS), Indianapolis, IN, substantial damage. Probable cause: FUEL STARVATION DUE TO IMPROPER FUEL TANK SELECTION.

## Other reports on N40TS (1)

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

- [Incident 19830608032649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830608032649I), Jun 8, 1983: Amtrru VARIEZE (N40TS), Mount Comfort, IN, Minor damage. Landed short of the runway. Pilot unfamiliar with use of spoilers on the homebuilt aircraft.

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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