Patch Dan F Varieze accident near San Diego, CA
On August 20, 2005, a Patch Dan F Varieze (airplane) was involved in an accident near San Diego, CA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 20, 2005
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Aircraft
- Patch Dan F Varieze · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 32.569°N, 116.956°W
- NTSB ID
- 20050901X01369
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 20, 2005, about 1015 Pacific daylight time, an experimental Patch Varieze, N862DP, collided with containers in a trucking storage yard 1 mile east of Brown Field Municipal Airport (SDM), San Diego, California. The owner/pilot was operating the airplane under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 91. The private pilot, the sole occupant, was fatally injured; the airplane was destroyed. The local personal flight departed Montgomery Field Airport (MYF), San Diego, about 1000. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan had been filed. The approximate global positioning system (GPS) coordinates of the primary wreckage were 32 degrees 34.200 minutes north latitude and 116 degrees 57.613 minutes west longitude. The accident airplane was the second airplane in a flight of two. The pilot of the first airplane reported that they had flown from MYF, and during the 15-minute flight, the pilot of the accident airplane did not report any abnormalities with the airplane. The two airplanes made a low approach to SDM runway 26L in formation flight and then entered the pattern for left traffic to land on runway 26L. The first airplane landed without incident. Witnesses reported seeing the accident airplane on final approach. The airplane made a sudden right turn, entered into fenced storage facility, and collided with numerous parked semi-tractor trailers. The wreckage site was documented by San Diego Police personnel and inspectors from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). PERSONNEL INFORMATION A review of FAA airman records revealed that the pi
Probable cause
a divergence from the final approach course and an in-flight collision with storage containers for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
