# Accident 20090809048209A: Laurienzo G VARIEZE, North Augusta, SC, August 9, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2009, 18:00 local time
- Place: North Augusta, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5031° N, 81.9639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5031&lon=-81.9639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808SA-2011-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Laurienzo Gabriel A VARIEZE (registry code 05609BF, https://openairdocs.org/model/laurienzo-gabriel-a-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: LAURIENZO G VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 417 total, 137 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA453) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090809048209A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WAS MAKEING A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT IN VMC WX AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WHEN HE LOST POWER OVER I 20 AFTER DEPARTING HIS HOME AIRSTRIP (S13) 10 MILES TO THE NORTH. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON A STRETCH OF UNOPENED I 520. ON DESENT TO THE HIGHWAY THE A/C  NOSE WHEEL STRUCK A POWER LINE DIRECTLY OVER THE HWY CAUSING THE A/C TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE HWY AND STRIKING WITH THE LEFT WING A SIGN POST, THEN IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WHICH CAUSED THE A/C TO LITERALLY EXPLODE IN PEICES COMING TO REST INVERTED. THE A/C WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT RECIEVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND TAKEN TO THE AGUSTA, GA HOSPITAL.

## 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 ERA09LA453](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA453), Aug 9, 2009: Laurienzo Gabriel A Varieze (N808SA), North Augusta, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the pilot's inadequate preflight inspection.

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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