19790129001839A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrru VARI-EZE · Salem, MI · January 29, 1979

Date
January 29, 1979 · 14:15 local
Place
Salem, MI
Airport
Salem
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4WH
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI79DEC17
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
255 total3 in this make and model3 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft landed on narrow plowed runway. Veered off center, wing impacted snowbank. Aircraft stopped inverted.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT LANDED ON NARROW PLOWED RUNWAY. VEERED OFF CENTER, WING IMPACTED SNOWBANK. AIRCRAFT STOPPED INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.