# Accident 19790901025699A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Ft Collins, CO, September 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1979, 07:47 local time
- Place: Ft Collins, CO
- Airport: Loveland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4121° N, 105.1126° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Loveland Municipal Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4121&lon=-105.1126&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60HD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60HD-1989-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dearhamer VARIEZE (registry code 05609J3, https://openairdocs.org/model/dearhamer-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,490 total, 20 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FTE80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE80) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790901025699A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED CONTROL BUFFET DURING CRUISE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED OFF END 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 DEN79FTE80](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FTE80), Sep 1, 1979: Varieze 1 (N60HD), Fort Collins, CO, 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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