# NTSB Accident DEN00FA007
> **Gardner VARIEZE** · 1999-10-18 · QUEMADO, NM, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** DEN00FA007
- **Event ID:** 20001212X19936
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1999-10-18
- **Location:** QUEMADO, NM, USA
- **Coordinates:** 34.310779, -108.790763
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Gardner
- **Model:** VARIEZE
- **Registration:** N13WM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's selection of an unsuitable landing area on which to make a precautionary landing, and his excessive airspeed during landing touchdown.  Factors were the ingestion of the foam air filter into the throat of the injector, and the pilot's failure to replace the worn air filter.

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