# NTSB investigations: Johnston Ray VARIEZE

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX86LUQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX86LUQ02.md): Rutan Varieze · Los Almos, CA · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Feb 10, 1986 · N36RJ · Substantial damage
  > The acft collided with a fence during a forced landing on a hiway after the engine lost power while cruising at 6500 ft MSL. The plt had refueled with 10 gals of fuel at santa barbara, CA his last departure point. Post acc exam showed the fuel tanks, lines…
- [NTSB LAX83LA286](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA286.md): Johnson VARI-EZE · Palo Alto, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 5, 1983 · N36RJ · Substantial damage
  > The pilot stated that in an attempt to improve his landings and reduce the landing roll, the airspeed on final was 10 mph less than normally used. He was also attempting to touchdown on the numbers at the threshold. The acft's landing gear struck a small dike…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('05609BG'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=05609BG

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