# Accident 20001022041069A: Amtr VARIEZE, Iowa City, IA, October 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 2000, 08:25 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6495° N, 91.5304° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6495&lon=-91.5304&mi=10
- Aircraft: N82JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N82JF-2013-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fowler John A VARIEZE (registry code 05609EF, https://openairdocs.org/model/fowler-john-a-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001022041069A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE DEPARTED TOWA CITY, IA AT APPROXIMATELY 08:15 FOR A TEST FLIGHT FOLLOWING MAINTENANCE ON ENGINE BAFFELING TO CORRECT A COOLING PROBLEM. HE DEPARTED TOWA CITY, IA AND CLIMBED TO PATTERN ALTITUDE, HE THEN LEVELED OUT AND MONITORED THE ENGINE TMEP.  WHEN TEMPERATURE STABILIZED TO WITHIN THE GREEN ARC HE BEGAN TO CLIMB OCNE AGAIN.  APPROXIMATELY 100' INTO CLIMB ENGINE STARTED TO MISS AND LOSE POWER, PILOT LOOKED FOR SUITABLE LANDING SITE, SELECTED  CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES EAST OF THE AIRPORT AND EXECUTED EMERGENCY LANDING.  AIRCRAFT SETTLED INTO STANDING CORN AND TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 110 YARDS WHERE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR STUCK INTO CONR/MUD AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO FLIP OVER.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND WINGS.  IT HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED WHETHER THE AIRCRAFT WILL BE REPAIRED, BUT IF IT IS REPAIRED THIS OFFICE WILL INVESTIGATION THE CAUSE OF THE ENGINE FAILURE AT THAT TIME.  ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^

## 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 CHI01LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA029), Oct 22, 2000: Fowler Varieze (N82JF), Iowa City, IA, substantial damage. Probable cause: the inadequate preflight by the pilot which resulted in the fuel drain remaining partially open. Factors to the accident were the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, the partially open fuel…

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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