# Accident 19790726018709A: Amtrru VARIVIGGEN, Flint, MI, July 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 1979, 16:02 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9655° N, 83.7447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP INTL (FNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9655&lon=-83.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29X-1981-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poehner VARIVIGGEN (registry code 0560953, https://openairdocs.org/model/poehner-variviggen) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIVIGGEN
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEC39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790726018709A

## Narrative

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

OWNER BUILDER ON FIRST FLIGHT ALLOWED ACFT TO STALL ON INITIAL CLIMB. CRASHED ON RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI79DEC39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEC39), Jul 26, 1979: Variviggin (N29X), Flint, MI, substantial damage

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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