# Accident 19800807034719A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Dodge City, KS, August 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dodge City, KS
- Airport: Dodge City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7631° N, 99.9654° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DODGE CITY RGNL (DDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7631&lon=-99.9654&mi=10
- Aircraft: N124G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N124G-2004-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Griswold-Ivan RUTAN VARIEZE (registry code 05609P3, https://openairdocs.org/model/griswold-ivan-rutan-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 190 total, 104 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCQ28) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800807034719A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL AND CRASH-LANDED NEAR DESTINATION AIRPORT.

## 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 MKC80DCQ28](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCQ28), Aug 7, 1980: Varieze 01 (N124G), Dodge City, KS, 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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