# Accident 20001209023859A: Amtr VARIEZE, Ingleside, TX, December 9, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 2000, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ingleside, TX
- Airport: T P Mc Campbel Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8692° N, 97.1998° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8692&lon=-97.1998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64592, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64592-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Evans VARIEZE (registry code 0560933, https://openairdocs.org/model/evans-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 25 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA034) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001209023859A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 1800 CST ON DECEMBER 09, 2000, MR. DANIEL ARTHUR BUHR, HOLDER OF COMMERCIAL AIRMAN CERTIFICATE NO. 481948211, WAS THE PILOT IN COMMAND OF A VARIEZE, N64592. MR. BUHR EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED LEFT ROLL WHILE LEVELING THE WINGS FROM A TURN TO CROSSWIND WHICH FULL OPPOSITE CONTROL WOULD NOT OVERCOME. COMPLETE POWER REDUCTION IMPROVED THE SCENARIO BUT GROUND CONTACT WAS MADE PRIOR TO A WINGS LEVEL CONFIGURATION. ON THE SCENE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT RUDDER CONTROL CABLE EYE MAY HAVE HOOKED ITSELF BEHIND THE RUDDER CONTROL ARM AND CAUSED THE RUDDER TO REMAIN EXTENDED. PAINT WAS MISSING FROM THE REAR EDGE OF THE RUDDER CONTROL ARM AND A MANUAL MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER AGAINST THE CENTERING SPRING WOULD RESULT IN THE CABLE EYE HOOKING ITSELF BEHIND THE RUDDER CONTROL ARM. THE FLIGHT WAS NIGHT VFR WITH NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. MR. BUHR WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL WITH ONLY MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES. (.4) ON DECEMBER 9, 2000, AT 1800 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, AN EVANS VARIEZE HOMEBUILT EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE, N64592, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT IMPACTED TERRAIN FOLLOWING A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE INITIAL TAKEOFF CLIMB AT THE T.                                 P. MCCAMBELL AIRPORT, NEAR INGLESIDE, TEXAS. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. NIGHT VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM THE CORPUS CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, AT AN UNKNOWN TIME. THE PILOT REPORTED TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES AND THE FAA INSPECTOR WHO RESPONDED TO THE SITE, THAT WHILE IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, DURING THE TURN FROM UPWIND TO CROSSWIND, FULL OPPOSITE RUDDER WOULD NOT OVERCOME AN UNCOMMANDED ROLL TO THE LEFT, WHICH CONTINUED UNTIL THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST IN BRUSHY TERRAIN, APPROXIMATELY 100 YARDS EAST OF RUNWAY 13.  THE FAA INSPECTOR EXAMINED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND EXTENSIVE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THROUGHOUT THE AIRPLANE. HE ESTABLISHED FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WITH ALL LINKAGES, PUSH/PULL RODS, AND BELLCRANKS. HE OBSERVED THAT PAINT WAS MISSING FROM THE REAR EDGE OF THE RUDDER CONTROL ARM, AND MANUAL MOVEMENT OF THE RUDDER AGAINST THE CENTERING SPRING RESULTED IN THE CABLE EYE HOOKING ITSELF BEHIND THE RUDD ER CONTROL ARM. THE LAST CONDITION INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2000, AT A TOTAL AIRFRAME TIME OF 2,173.6 HOURS. THE PILOT ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD ACCUMULATED 26 HOURS OF FLIGHT TIME SINCE THE LAST CONDITION INSPECTION.  NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO OBTAIN A COMPLETED PILOT/OPERATOR AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT (NTSB FORM 6120.1/2) FROM THE PILOT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

## 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 FTW01LA034](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA034), Dec 10, 2000: Evans Varieze (N64592), Ingleside, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: the loss of control during takeoff initial climb due to the binding rudder, which restricted the pilot's control of the aircraft.

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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