19810816049709A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrru VARIEZE · Lubbock, TX · August 16, 1981

Date
August 16, 1981 · 15:15 local
Place
Lubbock, TX
Airport
Town And Country
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N247EZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FQG53
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
329 total96 in this make and model76 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine quit after switching fuel tanks. Selector hard to turn. Possible fuel selector in between tanks.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT AFTER SWITCHING FUEL TANKS. SELECTOR HARD TO TURN. POSSIBLE FUEL SELECTOR IN BETWEEN TANKS.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.