# NTSB CHI83LA126: Varieze Varieze, N28JF, West Lafayette, IN, March 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: March 1, 1983, 18:30 local (Mar 2, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place: West Lafayette, IN
- Coordinates: 40.440921, -86.910957 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4409&lon=-86.9110&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12099
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA126
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12099/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA126

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Overrun, landing - roll
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of familiarity with aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - complacency, check pilot (cause)
- On ground/water collision with object, landing - roll
  - object - approach light/navaid (contributing factor)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: VARIEZE VARIEZE
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours: 346
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 21; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830301005659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830301005659A), Mar 1, 1983: Amtrru VARIEZE, West Lafayette, IN, Substantial damage. Ran off the runway and collided with the VASI lighting system. Was first solo flight with inadequate check in type.

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.

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