Sims - Basset VARIEZE N4229G

Summary

On 27 July 1984 at about 17:05 local time, a Sims - Basset VARIEZE registered N4229G was involved in an accident near Clarinda, Iowa, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 July 1984 at 17:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Clarinda, Iowa, United States

Nearest airport

Schenck Field (ICL)

Coordinates

40.7292, -95.0290

Aircraft

Sims - Basset VARIEZE

Registration

N4229G

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC84FA234

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WITNESSES OBSERVED A GROUND RUN OF APRX 2000 FT BEFORE LIFT-OFF WAS ACHIEVED AFTER WHICH THE ACFT APPEARED TO CLIMB LABORIOUSLY TO ABOUT 100 FT AGL. ACFT THEN EXECUTED STEEP, DESCENDING RT TURN OF ABOUT 240 DEGREES BACK TOWARD THE ARPT.ACFT COLLIDED WITH PWR LINE ABOUT 25 FT AGL THEN CONTINUED APRX 100 FT INTO A CINDER BLOCK STRUCTURE. ACFT DISINTEGRATED ON IMPACT WITH STRUCTURE. WT AND BALANCE CALCULATIONS SHOW ACFT 200 LBS OVER MAX GROSS WIEGHT. ENG TEARDOWN DISCLOSED LOW COMPRESSION ON ALL CYLS, OIL FILTER CONTAINED METAL PARTICLES, EXCESSIVE WEAR ON REAR CAMSHAFT BEARING OBSERVED AND EVIDENCE OF CRANKSHAFT OIL SEAL SPINNING IN CRANKCASE. NO. 1 AND NO. 3 TOP SPARK PLUGS WERE LEAD FOULED AND WOULD NOT FIRE DURING TESTING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.