John Denver dies in a Vari-Eze accident.

[First time Juke]

John Denver dies in a Vari-Eze accident. No reason found. Seveal other accident under new investigation now.

Didn't Planes of Fame loose a worker/pilot too in a Vari-Eze accident?

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[52eme]

Hi Juke..

As far as i know, this occured in 1997, and the cause was probably degradation of the airflow on the canard due to bugs or other pollution. on early vari-eze, the canard used a GNU airfoil that is extremely sensitive to this phenomenon.

Denver's loss was IMHO a great loss to sport aviation

[wardog]

Juke,
Yes, The Air Museum lost two of our members/volunteers last summer. There is no information available on that accident.

[Unregistered]

I think the official cause of the John Denver accident was fuel starvation. Contributing factors were a non-standard fuel selector valve in an awkward/difficult to reach location, and the pilot being unfamiliar with the aircraft.

[GWB]

yes that is correct...

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001208X09045&key=1