# Accident 19800801034849A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Oshkosh, WI, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 13:50 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7EJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7EJ-1982-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Freeman-Novy VARI-EZE (registry code 05609M3, https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-novy-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 244 total, 150 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEP45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP45) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801034849A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES PILOT STALLED AIRPLANE IN TIGHT TURN THROUGH MISJUDGEMENT OR PILOT INCAPACITATION, OR BOTH.

## 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 CHI80FEP45](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP45), Aug 1, 1980: Vari-Eze 01 (N7EJ), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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