# Incident 19830126007009I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Marion, VA, January 26, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1983, 12:00 local time
- Place: Marion, VA
- Airport: Mountain Empire
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8948° N, 81.3499° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOUNTAIN EMPIRE (MKJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8948&lon=-81.3499&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2761E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2761E-1991-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Farris Blake W VARIEZE (registry code 05609TB, https://openairdocs.org/model/farris-blake-w-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830126007009I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONDUCTING HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND LEFT RUNWAY. HIT SNOWBANK. FLIPPED OVER.

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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