- Date
- March 1, 1983, 18:30 local (Mar 2, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- West Lafayette, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28JFVarieze Varieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830301005659A
- Case key
- 12099
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Overrun
Distance - misjudgedCause
Airspeed - misjudgedCause
Lack of familiarity with aircraftCause
ComplacencyCause
On ground/water collision with object
Object - approach light/navaidFactor
Analysis
The pilot landed fast and went off the side of the runway after about 3000 feet of roll. A collision with VASI lights stopped the varieze. This was the pilot's first solo flight in this type aircraft. She had a very short 1/2 hour checkout by the owner of the aircraft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28JF
- Reported as
- Varieze Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 346
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- N/A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 7, 1982 · 346 hours before
- Airport
- LAF · Purdue University, runway 10, 6,600 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 21
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 637 total · 1 in this make and model · 509 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.