# Incident 19780620046839I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Redwood Falls, MN, June 20, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 20, 1978, 19:30 local time
- Place: Redwood Falls, MN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5443° N, 95.0983° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redwood Falls, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5443&lon=-95.0983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5WZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5WZ-2011-06-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wieland VARI-EZE (registry code 05609H1, https://openairdocs.org/model/wieland-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 2 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780620046839I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DURING TAKEOFF ROLL, THE NOSE WHEEL CASTING FAILED AND BROKE OFF THE NOSE WHEEL STRUT.

## Other reports on N5WZ (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20090930018639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090930018639I), Sep 30, 2009: Wielan VARIEZE (N5WZ), Arlington, WA, Destroyed. On September 30, 2009 about 1740 PDT at Arlington airport, WA, the pilot and owner of an wieland vari-eze aircraft N5WZ, sn 530 removed the aircraft from a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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