# Accident 20060819030509A: Amtr VARIEZE, Larimer County, CO, August 19, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 2006, 20:23 local time
- Place: Larimer County, CO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4686° N, 105.1264° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4686&lon=-105.1264&mi=10
- Aircraft: N23HS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N23HS-2013-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stallings Henry G VARIEZE (registry code 05609RX, https://openairdocs.org/model/stallings-henry-g-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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN06FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060819030509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 19, 2006 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WERE FLYING A VARIEZE AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N23HS. DURING THIS FLIGHT THEY WERE PERFORMNG AEROBATICS MANEUVERS ACCORDING TO EYEWITNESSES ON THE GROUND AND ACTUAL VIDEOS THAT THE PASSENGER TOOK DURING THIS FLIGHT. DURING ONE OF THE AEROBATICS MANEUVERS THE AIRCRAFT LOST CONTROL AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, THE INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATAL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PERFORM AEROBATICS MANEUVERS ACCORDING TO THE AIRCRAFT'S EXPERIMENTAL OPERATING LIMITATIONS DATED MAY 30, 1984.

## 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 DEN06FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN06FA115), Aug 20, 2006: Stallings VariEze (N23HS), Loveland, CO, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's intentional aerobatics performed at low altitude, and his failure to maintain clearance from terrain. A contributing factor was the pilot's poor judgment.

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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