# Incident 20070902017939I: Amtr VARIEZE, Tooele, UT, September 2, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 2007, 10:00 local time
- Place: Tooele, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6125° N, 112.3508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6125&lon=-112.3508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N547DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N547DB-2014-09-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Werner Paul L RUTAN VARI-EZE (registry code 056106D, https://openairdocs.org/model/werner-paul-l-rutan-vari-eze) (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: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 60 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA276) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070902017939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AFTER A X-COUNTRY FLIGHT AND ARRIVAL AT KTVY THERE WERE INTERMITTENT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIRPORT SO THE PILOT CIRCLED FOR A FEW MINUTES WEST OF THE AIRPORT TO AWAIT THE PASSING OF THE SHOWERS AT THE AIRPORT. THE PILOT THEN ENTERED THE DOWNWIND LEG. PRIOR TO DECREASING POWER FOR LANDING HE APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND MIXTURE TO RICH. "ABEAM THE NUMBERS TO RWY 35 THE ENGINE SPUTTERED", THE PILOT ENSURED THE CARB HEAT WAS APPLIED BUT THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO NOT PRODUCE ADEQUATE POWER. AS HE TURNED BASE THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SOUTH AND SHORT OF THE RWY IN A SAGEBRUSH COVERED AREA. AS THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE RT MAIN HIT A DITCH AND THE MAIN GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CAME TO A STOP IN A RELATIVE SHORT DISTANCE. DUE TO THE LACK OF ANY APPARENT DAMAGE TO ANY STRUCTURAL OR FLIGHT CONTROL COMPONENT IT WAS CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COST TO REPAIR THE DAMAGES, THE INSURANCE COMPANY CLASSIFIED IT AS A "CONSTRUCTIVE LOSS." THE CARB HEAT PROBABILITY CHARTS DID INDICATE A HIGH PROBABILITY OF CARB ICING CONDITIONS IN DESCENT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## 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 SEA07LA276](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA276), Sep 2, 2007: Werner Vari-Eze (N547DB), Tooele, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Contributing factors were the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing and the wind shear conditions encountered during the forced landing…

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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