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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr VARIEZE · San Diego, CA · August 20, 2005

Date: August 20, 2005 · 10:15 local
Place: San Diego, CA
Airport: Brown Field Municipal
Phase of flight: Forced Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N862DP
NTSB investigation: NTSBLAX05LA272
Reported as: Amtr Varieze
Reported engine: Continental O200*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,517 total

N862DPRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2006 · Patch Dan F VARIEZES/N 862 · Built 1981 Airframe modelPatch Dan F VARIEZE Engine modelContinental 0-200 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) After completing a two aircraft low altitude fly by over the field, the two aircraft entered the base leg for landing at (sdm) Brown field, the second aircraft then crashed into a tractor trailer parking area east of the field in line with the runway about a half mile short of the airport. The aircraft an experimental, amateur built, Varieze, N862DP was totally destroyed and the sole occupant, the pilot and builder was fatally injured.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER COMPLETING A TWO AIRCRAFT LOW ALTITUDE FLY BY OVER THE FIELD, THE TWO AIRCRAFT ENTERED THE BASE LEG FOR LANDING AT (SDM) BROWN FIELD, THE SECOND AIRCRAFT THEN CRASHED INTO A TRACTOR TRAILER PARKING AREA EAST OF THE FIELD IN LINE WITH THE RUNWAY ABOUT A HALF MILE SHORT OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR BUILT, VARIEZE, N862DP WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND THE SOLE OCCUPANT, THE PILOT AND BUILDER WAS FATALLY INJURED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB LAX05LA272Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportSan Diego, CAa divergence from the final approach course and an in-flight collision with storage containers for undetermined reasons.Aug 20, 2005 · Destroyed