# Accident 20100317029999A: Kjonaas VARIEZE, Laveen, AZ, March 17, 2010

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 2010, 08:42 local time
- Place: Laveen, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2219° N, 112.1347° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2219&lon=-112.1347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50894, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N50894-2013-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kjonaas VARIEZE (registry code 05609F8, https://openairdocs.org/model/kjonaas-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KJONAAS VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,350 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100317029999A

## Narrative

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

INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT ON SCENE FOUND NO MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF FUEL IN THE FUEL TANKS. NO SIGNS OF FUEL SPILLAGE OR GROUND CONTAMINATION WAS EVIDENT. WITNESS STATEMENT FROM A SHERRIFF POSSE SEARCH AND RESCUE STATED MR. BLANCHETTE  THOUGHT HE RAN OUT OF GAS OR HAD A FUEL LEAK. FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE FUEL SYSTEM FOUND THE FUEL STRAINER TO BE 95 PERCENT FULL OF RUSTY WATER AND 5 PERCENT CLEAR AUTO SMELLING FUEL. THE FUEL SCREEN WAS 25 PERCENT OBSTRUCTED WITH RUSTED TYPE CONTAMINANTS. THE FUEL BOWL CONTAINED RUST AND NOTICABLE LARGE PARTICLES AND CONTAMINANTS.

## 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 WPR10LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA166), Mar 17, 2010: Kjonaas Varieze (N50894), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power during cruise flight due to fuel exhaustion.

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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