# Accident 19820913045759A: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Canyon Country, CA, September 13, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1982, 15:50 local time
- Place: Canyon Country, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4233° N, 118.4720° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canyon Country, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4233&lon=-118.4720&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7LZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 102 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82FUQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820913045759A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED AIRCRAFT SPINNING, AIRCRAFT STOPPED SPINNING JUST BEFORE HITTING GROUND.

## 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 LAX82FUQ17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FUQ17), Sep 13, 1982: Long-Ez Rutan (N7LZ), Canyon Country, CA, 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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