# NTSB Accident CHI01LA029
> **Fowler VARIEZE** · 2000-10-22 · IOWA CITY, IA, USA · MINR
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI01LA029
- **Event ID:** 20001212X22133
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-10-22
- **Location:** IOWA CITY, IA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 41.649528, -91.530441
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** MINR
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 1
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Fowler
- **Model:** VARIEZE
- **Registration:** N82JF
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

the inadequate preflight by the pilot which resulted in the fuel drain remaining partially open.  Factors to the accident were the loss of engine power due to fuel starvation, the partially open fuel drain, the unsuitable terrain for landing encountered by the pilot during the forced landing, and the corn crop.

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