# Accident 19810930064569A: Amtrru VARIVIGGEN, Reading, PA, September 30, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1981, 08:33 local time
- Place: Reading, PA
- Airport: Reading
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3785° N, 75.9652° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Reading Regional Airport (Carl A Spaatz Field) (RDG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3785&lon=-75.9652&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277LN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277LN-1983-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rottschaefer Bernard WM VARI VIGGEN (registry code 05609EA, https://openairdocs.org/model/rottschaefer-bernard-wm-vari-viggen) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIVIGGEN
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 1 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81DHA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810930064569A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL DURING FLARE FOR LANDING.

## 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 NYC81DHA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81DHA24), Sep 30, 1981: Veriviggen 1 (N277LN), Reading, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N277LN (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19810703039659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810703039659A), Jul 3, 1981: Amtrru VARIVIGGEN (N277LN), Reading, PA, Substantial damage. First flight in homebuilt airplane. Stalled on level off over runway.

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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