# NTSB CHI99LA181: Robbins Verieze, N83HR, Odessa, MO, June 10, 1999

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 10, 1999, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, MO
- Coordinates: 38.98936, -93.950584 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9894&lon=-93.9506&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report January 18, 2001
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 46516
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI99LA181
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/46516/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA181

## Probable cause

The pilot's misjudgment of altitude during landing.

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that during landing approach he 'flared and over control [-ed the] elevator in light rain.'  He reported the airplane dropped an estimated 10 feet and slid on the runway.  He reported the landing gear collapsed when they hit the runway.  He reported he forgot to turn off the ELT after getting out of the airplane.

## Factual narrative

On June 10, 1999, at 1000 central daylight time, an experimental Robbins Verieze, N83HR, was substantially damaged during landing.  The commercial pilot reported the landing gear collapsed during landing.  The pilot received minor injuries.  The 14 CFR Part 91 flight had departed Lamar, Missouri, and landed at a private airstrip (MU20) near Odessa, Missouri.  Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed.

The pilot reported that during landing approach he "flared and over control [-ed the] elevator in light rain."  He reported the airplane dropped an estimated 10 feet and slid on the runway.  He reported the landing gear collapsed when they hit the runway.  He reported he forgot to turn off the ELT after getting out of the airplane.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N83HR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83HR-1999-11-17), registration cancelled 1999-11-17, S/N 320 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Robbins VERIEZE
- Registry model: [Robbins Harry W VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/robbins-harry-w-varieze) (registry code 056095H) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 320
- Airframe hours: 954
- Engines: Continental O-200 100 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harry W. Robbins
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, May 21, 1999, 5 hours before
- Departed: LLU, LAMAR, MO
- Airport: MU20, Robbins, runway 18, 2,400 × 75 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 70; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,250 total, 954 in this make and model, 1,250 as pilot in command, 5 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## 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 19990610006969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990610006969A), Jun 10, 1999: Amtr VARIEZE, Odessa, MO, Substantial damage. Acft landed hard, and the landing gear collapse, other circumstances are unknown. (-23)the airplane "dropped in" as the pilot was landing. Inspection of the…

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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