- Date
- October 8, 1983, 13:58 local (20:58 UTC)
- Place
- Pacifica, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N555EZJohnson Varieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831008053439A
- Case key
- 24054
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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.
Analysis
During flt, the eng lost power. Witnesses observed the plt make a forced landing on a shoreline. The acft touched down on beach sand, the main gear separated, then the fuselage skipped along the sand/surf for about 250 yds. Before stopping, it impacted a storm drain outfall pipe. An exam of the eng & wreckage revealed no reason for the power loss.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555EZ
- Reported as
- Johnson Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1550
- Airframe hours
- 102
- Engine
- Franklin SPORT 4R, 130 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Raymond M. Johnson
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 13, 1983 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, CA
- Destination
- Seattle, WA
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 290 total · 89 in this make and model · 250 as pilot in command · 9 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.