- Date
- December 12, 1984, 07:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Antonio, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N572KEKenneth Roebuck Varieze
- Weather
- Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841212076159A
- Case key
- 16773
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Analysis
Plt had filed a VFR flt plan from espanola, NM, to durango, CO, with a proposed departure time of 1500 MST and as en route flt time of 1 hr 10 mins. The flt plan was not activated. A search for the acft began on 12/13/84 and ended on 12/24/84. On 6/10/85 the acft wreckage was found 1/4 mile west of los pinos, CO, at the 10,400 ft level of a mountain. Wx observations for 12/12/84 between 1250 MST and 1650 MST indicated clouds and snow showers of an unknown intensity obscured mountain tops in the area of the accident site.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N572KE
- Reported as
- Kenneth Roebuck Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1905
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Clarke E. Swannack
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · March 31, 1983
- Departed
- Q14 · Espanola, NM
- Destination
- DRO · Durango, CO
- Flight plan
- VFR
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 7,604 total · 1,713 in this make and model · 6,569 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Not reported
- Observed at
- ALS, 285 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.