# Incident 19830405024439I: Amtrru VARIEZE, El Cajon, CA, April 5, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1983, 10:55 local time
- Place: El Cajon, CA
- Airport: El Cajon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8017° N, 116.9605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Cajon, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8017&lon=-116.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24RW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24RW-2012-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wasilewski-Roman VARIEZE (registry code 05609T9, https://openairdocs.org/model/wasilewski-roman-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 320 total, 157 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830405024439I

## Narrative

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

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

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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