- Date
- September 9, 1989, 09:15 local (15:15 UTC)
- Place
- Payson, UT
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Aircraft
- N30EZHarris-Hafen VARI-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890909034149A
- Case key
- 17561
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Probable cause
The airplane collided with high obstruction (s).
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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Terrain condition - high obstruction(s)
On ground/water collision with object
Object - fence
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30EZ
- Reported as
- Harris-Hafen VARI-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John S. Harris
- Departed
- U77 · Spanish Fork, UT
N30EZRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 1990 · Harris-Hafen RUTAN VARI-EZEAirframe modelHarris-Hafen RUTAN VARI-EZE
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
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 415 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 156 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.