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CHI92DEX01

1992-05-20 · JEFFERSONVILLE, Indiana, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport JVY

Current FAA registration · N64SJ

Make / Model
BIERLY JAMES D VARIEZE
Year of manufacture
1986 · 6 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
1 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19861120
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A8647B

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Probable cause & findings

A COLLAPSED CARBURETOR AIR INTAKE DUCT. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE SOFT, UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ON WHICH TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING.

Factual narrative

THE PILOT WAS IN THE TOUCH-AND-GO PATTERN USING RWY 36 WHEN A SLOWER ACFT GOT IN THE PATTERN AHEAD OF HIM. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO-AROUND, AND APPLIED FULL THROTTLE. WHILE CLIMBING OUT THE ENGINE QUIT COMPLETELY. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A FORCED LANDING ON RWY 14. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON SOFT SOD, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED, AND AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT FLEXIBLE CARBURETOR AIR INTAKE DUCT HAD COMPLETELY COLLAPSED. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1992_CHI92DEX01.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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