# Incident 19790603028979I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Grand Rapids, MI, June 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Kent Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808CM-1993-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mills-Molyneux VARIEZE (registry code 0560944, https://openairdocs.org/model/mills-molyneux-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 80 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/19790603028979I

## Narrative

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

NOSE CAME DOWN HARD AFTER LANDING, THEN THE GEAR RETRACTED. THE JAR CAUSED THE GEAR HANDLE TO COME OUT OF DETENT.

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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