# Accident 19930613017939A: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, San Pedro, CA, June 13, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1993, 13:39 local time
- Place: San Pedro, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7359° N, 118.2923° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Pedro, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7359&lon=-118.2923&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874PM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N874PM-1994-10-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Henderson Michael W RUTAN LONG EZ (registry code 05690D6, https://openairdocs.org/model/henderson-michael-w-rutan-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX93LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930613017939A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO WATER DURING A STEEP TURN AT 50 FEET AWL. HAZE IN AREA WOULD MAKE HORIZON INDISTINCT.

## 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 LAX93LA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX93LA248), Jun 13, 1993: Henderson Rutan Long EZ (N874PM), San Pedro Bay, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilots failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance altitude while maneuvering over the water at low altitude.

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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