# Incident 19830910065529I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Kalamazoo, MI, September 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1983, 11:30 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430AT-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas Albert W VARIEZE (registry code 056096G, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-albert-w-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 3 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830910065529I

## Narrative

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

LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO LOWER NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N430AT (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080613841249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080613841249I), Jun 13, 2008: Amtr VARIEZE (N430AT), Sheridan, WY, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed with slightly nose down attitude and hit nose gear causing it to collapse.
- [Incident 19970711022029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711022029I), Jul 11, 1997: Amtrru VARIEZE (N430AT), Sheridan, WY, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot keith m. thompson, departed anderson, Indiana, on 07-10-97, en route to missoula, Montana, with an overnight at rapid city, south dakota,…

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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