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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru VARI-EZE · Bedford, MA · March 19, 1982

Date: March 19, 1982 · 17:20 local
Place: Bedford, MA
Airport: Lawrence G. Hansc
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N95VA
Reported as: Amtrru Varieze
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,850 total4 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N95VARegistered now · Copp William H VARI-EZES/N WHC-1 · Built 1982 Airframe modelCopp William H VARI-EZE Engine modelContinental C85 seriesReciprocating

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.

Nose gear failed on landing. Screws holding gear retract box loosened. Installed four an 36 lock nuts.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR FAILED ON LANDING. SCREWS HOLDING GEAR RETRACT BOX LOOSENED. INSTALLED FOUR AN 36 LOCK NUTS.