# Accident 19790925030199A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Lake Wales, FL, September 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1979, 14:15 local time
- Place: Lake Wales, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9203° N, 81.5996° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lake Wales, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9203&lon=-81.5996&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78PD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78PD-1982-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hess-Fleming VARI-EZE (registry code 05609S9, https://openairdocs.org/model/hess-fleming-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 22 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLD99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD99) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790925030199A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CANOPY OPENED ON TAKEOFF. PILOT LOST CONTROL ON LANDING.

## 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 MIA79FLD99](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLD99), Sep 25, 1979: Varieze Rutan (N78PD), Lake Wales, FL, destroyed

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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