# Incident 19790520026229I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Tacoma, WA, May 20, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1979, 13:50 local time
- Place: Tacoma, WA
- Airport: Industrial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N752EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N752EZ-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Stuff VARIEZE (registry code 05609Q2, https://openairdocs.org/model/stuff-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT C85*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 252 total, 66 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/19790520026229I

## Narrative

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

FORCED LANDING DUE TO CLOGGED CARBURETOR MAIN JET. AX

## Other reports on N752EZ (1)

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

- [Accident 19800701026139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800701026139A), Jul 1, 1980: Amtrru VARIEZE (N752EZ), Arlington, WA, Destroyed. Slipped on final approach. Stalled, snapped inverted. Nose tucked under, crashed.

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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