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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrru VARIEZE · El Cajon, CA · April 5, 1983

Date
April 5, 1983 · 10:55 local
Place
El Cajon, CA
Airport
El Cajon
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24RW
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
320 total157 in this make and model21 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.

Nose gear shimmied and nose gear fork broke off on landing. Slid to a stop on the strut. Fork not made heavy enough

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR SHIMMIED AND NOSE GEAR FORK BROKE OFF ON LANDING. SLID TO A STOP ON THE STRUT. FORK NOT MADE HEAVY ENOUGH