- Date
- April 5, 1989, 06:25 local (13:25 UTC)
- Place
- Parker, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8494JMurphy VARI-EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890405006159A
- Case key
- 26132
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
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
The home-built experimental aircraft crashed into an automobile dealership lot located approximately one mile short of runway 1 at avi suquilla airport, Parker, Arizona. The aircraft was destroyed by impact and fire, and several trucks and cars were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8494J
- Reported as
- Murphy VARI-EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 147
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ross B. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- P20 · Avi Suqilla, runway 1, 4,782 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 78
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.