# Accident 19980719023839A: Amtr VARIEZE, Glove, AZ, July 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 19, 1998, 11:38 local time
- Place: Glove, AZ
- Airport: Globe-San Carlos Regional Air
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6195° N, 110.7000° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6195&lon=-110.7000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77AX, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N77AX-1998-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Demalignon Robert J VARIEZE (registry code 05609QY, https://openairdocs.org/model/demalignon-robert-j-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Reported engine: LYC O235C2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA237) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980719023839A

## Narrative

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

(.4)WITNESSES ON THE GROUND REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE OF A LOW-FLYING AIRCRAFT START AND STOP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK UTILITY LINES. THE ENGINE THEN SURGED, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO THE GROUND.  A WET STAIN WAS ON THE GROUND NEAR THE RIGHT WING TANK.  ABOUT 2 GALLONS OF FUEL WERE IN THE LEFT WING TANK AND ABOUT 1 OR 2 CUPS OF FUEL IN THE FUSELAGE HEADER TANK.  THE POH STATES THAT STARVATION CAN OCCUR DURING LONG STEEP DESCENTS WITH 2 GALLONS PER WING TANK, AND ADVISES THE PILOT TO SELECT THE FUSELAGE TANK IN ORDER TO AVOID FUEL STARVATION.  THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS FOUND PARTIALLY DISPLACED FROM THE AUXILIARY (FUSELAGE TANK POSITION).  THE FUSELAGE TANK IS SEPARATE FROM THE MAIN FUEL SYSTEM AND MUST BE FILLED INDEPENDENTLY.  THE CARBURETOR THROTTLE AND MIXTURE CONTROL ARMS WERE IN THE FULL OPEN AND FULL RICH POSITIONS.  NO FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE CARBURETOR BOWL.  NO ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP OR ELECTRIC FUEL BOOST PUMP WAS INSTALLED.  THE AIRCRAFT DESIGNER SPECIFIES THAT THE AIRCRAFT BE EQUIPPED WITH BOTH AN ENGINE DRIVEN FUEL PUMP AND AN ELECTRIC AUXILIARY FUEL BOOST PUMP BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED HEADSPACE BETWEEN THE TANKS AND THE ENGINE.                          (-23) ENROUTE FROM FF2 TO GLOBE A2 IN CRUISE THE ENGINE QUIT OPERATING. THE AIRCRAFT THEN HIT A HIGH POWER ELECTRICAL LINE AND THEN IMPACTED THE TERRAIN CAUSING FATAL INJURIES TO THE PILOT/BUILDER OF THIS AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX98LA237](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA237), Jul 19, 1998: De Malignon Varieze (N77AX), Globe, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: fuel starvation due to the pilot's failure to properly plan his flight with regard to his estimated flight time, planned descent(s), and the amount of usable fuel available and required in 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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