# Accident 19930729026439A: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Murfreesboro, TN, July 29, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1993, 14:31 local time
- Place: Murfreesboro, TN
- Airport: Murfreesboro Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8802° N, 86.3239° 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=35.8802&lon=-86.3239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N850JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N850JW-2013-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ward James W LONG-EZ (registry code 0569042, https://openairdocs.org/model/ward-james-w-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,561 total, 550 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL93LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA137) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930729026439A

## Narrative

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

REPORTED POWERLOSS RETURNING TO AIRPORT. CRASH LANDED. NO DEFECTS FOUND. CARBURETOR ICING EXISTED IN AREA.

## 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 ATL93LA137](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL93LA137), Jul 29, 1993: Ward Long EZE (N850JW), Murfreesboro, TN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY USE THE CARBURETOR HEAT CONTROL WHICH RESULTED IN THE FORMATION OF CARBURETOR ICE.

## Other reports on N850JW (1)

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

- [Incident 19850819039649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850819039649I), Aug 19, 1985: Amtrru VARIEZELONG (N850JW), Smyrna, TN, Minor damage. During first flight nose struck runway hard. Aircraft skidded down runway and stopped.

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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