# NTSB CHI89DET07: Good Varieze, N79SG, Spencerville, IN, June 7, 1989

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 7, 1989, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place: Spencerville, IN
- Location: 41.2584° N, 84.8639° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HILLTOP (58IN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2584&lon=-84.8639&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 30, 1992
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 14221
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI89DET07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/14221/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI89DET07

## Probable cause

THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN PROPER RUNWAY ALIGNMENT DURING THE SOFT FIELD LANDING.

## Sequence of events

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

- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - high vegetation
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N79SG](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N79SG-1989-11-21), registration cancelled 1989-11-21, S/N 074 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: GOOD VARIEZE
- Registry model: [Good Stephen L VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/good-stephen-l-varieze) (registry code 05609BQ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 074
- Airframe hours: 475
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-200-A 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stephen L. Good
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 16, 1989, 15 hours before
- Departed: SMD, FORT WAYNE, IN
- Airport: 58IN, Hilltop, runway 27, 3,300 × 100 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 641 total, 475 in this make and model, 582 as pilot in command, 14 in the last 90 days, 11 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FWA, 25 nm away

## 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 19890607014689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890607014689A), Jun 7, 1989: Amtrru VARIEZE, Spencerville, IN, Substantial damage. Landed on partial mowed grass runway right wing dragged in tall grass. Used left brake gear,broke. Plane nosed over

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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