# Incident 19780725039479I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Kansas City, MO, July 25, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1978, 08:55 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Downtown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26JW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26JW-2005-11-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wright VARIEZE (registry code 05609F7, https://openairdocs.org/model/wright-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1 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/19780725039479I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DAMAGED ON TAKEOFF WHEN PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY AN OPEN CANOPY. NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

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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