# Accident 19810721043479A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Natchitoches, LA, July 21, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 1981, 13:15 local time
- Place: Natchitoches, LA
- Airport: Natchitoches
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7357° N, 93.0992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NATCHITOCHES RGNL (IER), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7357&lon=-93.0992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N106, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106-2002-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Elkins VARI-EZE (registry code 0560942, https://openairdocs.org/model/elkins-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 301 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DRJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRJ22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721043479A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF. THIS WAS FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS AIRCRAFT.

## 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 FTW81DRJ22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRJ22), Jul 21, 1981: Vari-Eze 01 (N106), Natchitoches, LA, 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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