# Accident 19810816049709A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Lubbock, TX, August 16, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1981, 15:15 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Town And Country
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N247EZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N247EZ-1981-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hilleshiem Terry E VARIEZE (registry code 05609GR, https://openairdocs.org/model/hilleshiem-terry-e-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 329 total, 96 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810816049709A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 FTW81FQG53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG53), Aug 16, 1981: Varieze 01 (N247EZ), Lubbock, TX, 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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