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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrru Varieze · Rio Linda, CA · June 25, 1985

Date
June 25, 1985 · 14:00 local
Place
Rio Linda, CA
Airport
Rio Linda
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N84JR
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA294
Reported as
Amtrru Varieze
Reported engine
Lycoming O320A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
523 total16 in this make and model4 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.

Plexiglass canopy unlatched on takeoff. Lost control trying to latch canopy. Struck a parked aircraft and a truck.

As the FAA filed it

PLEXIGLASS CANOPY UNLATCHED ON TAKEOFF. LOST CONTROL TRYING TO LATCH CANOPY. STRUCK A PARKED AIRCRAFT AND A TRUCK.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.