# Accident 19990411035869A: Amtr VARIEZE, Eufaula, AL, April 11, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 1999, 14:14 local time
- Place: Eufaula, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8999° N, 85.1505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8999&lon=-85.1505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N250GH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N250GH-1999-07-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Harris Glenn H VARI-EZE (registry code 05609JH, https://openairdocs.org/model/harris-glenn-h-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 880 total, 630 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA99LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990411035869A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER AND LOST POWER APPROX. 9 MILES FROM EUFALA, AL, PILOT ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD 79. RIGHT WING TIP HIT POWER LINE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL.  PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT, AIRCRAFT HIT DOWN ON ROAD AND ABRUPTLY VEERED TO THE RIGHT.  AIRCRAFT CONTINUED MOVING ALONG THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD CONTACTING SEVERAL SMALL TREES AND BRUSH.  NOSE AND MAIN GEARS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH THE RIGHT WING.  THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND LEFT WING. (.4) WHILE DESCENDING TO LAND AT THE DESTINATION AIRPORT, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN SOME ENGINE POWER BY MOVING THE THROTTLE IN AND OUT. WHILE ATTEMPTING A FORCED LANDING ON A ROAD, THE FLIGHT ENCOUNTERED A TRUCK AND HAD TO PULL UP. THE RIGHT WING COLLIDED WITH POWER LINES, THE AIRPLANE CRASHED ONTO THE ROAD, SLID OFF THE ROAD, AND COLLIDED WITH TREES. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THERE WAS 10 GALLONS OF FUEL REMAINING AFTER THE ACCIDENT. EXAMINATION OF THE CARBURETOR AFTER THE ACCIDENT SHOWED THE INLET FUEL SCREEN WAS BLOCKED ABOUT 50 PERCENT WITH FIBERGLASS DEBRIS, HOWEVER THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF PRECRASH MECHANICAL FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE CARBURETOR. THE  ENGINE WAS OPERATED TO FULL POWER AFTER THE ACCIDENT USING THE ACCIDENT CARBURETOR AND WITH THE CARBURETOR FUEL INLET SCREEN BLOCKED 50 PERCENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE.

## 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 MIA99LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA99LA122), Apr 11, 1999: Harris VARI-EZE (N250GH), Eufaula, AL, destroyed. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.

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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