# Accident 20050820027319A: Amtr VARIEZE, San Diego, CA, August 20, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 2005, 10:15 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5686° N, 116.9561° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5686&lon=-116.9561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N862DP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N862DP-2006-06-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Patch Dan F VARIEZE (registry code 05609FX, https://openairdocs.org/model/patch-dan-f-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
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,517 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA272) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050820027319A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX05LA272](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05LA272), Aug 20, 2005: Patch Dan F Varieze (N862DP), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: a divergence from the final approach course and an in-flight collision with storage containers 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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