19821002060919I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru VARIEZE · Hollister, CA · October 2, 1982

Date
October 2, 1982 · 16:00 local
Place
Hollister, CA
Airport
Hollister
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N81EE
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
Reported engine
Continental C85*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
500 total1 in this make and model35 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 gauges indicated problem. Engine quit on approach. Landed short. Low battery and faulty fuel selector.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE GAUGES INDICATED PROBLEM. ENGINE QUIT ON APPROACH. LANDED SHORT. LOW BATTERY AND FAULTY FUEL SELECTOR.