# Incident 19850728040649I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Las Vegas, NV, July 28, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1985, 14:55 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Mccarran International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4985Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4985Z-1992-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mckinney-Bruce VARIEZE (registry code 05609V7, https://openairdocs.org/model/mckinney-bruce-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850728040649I

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. OWNER DID NOT ADEQUATELY BRIEF PIC.

## Other reports on N4985Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19891124046579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891124046579A), Nov 24, 1989: Amtrru VARIEZE (N4985Z), Aspen, CO, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Declared emergency on climbout. Seen to dive out of steep turn. No fuel on board. Was fueled nose down. Not full.

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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