# Accident 19860803036809A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Osawatomie, KS, August 3, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1986, 08:20 local time
- Place: Osawatomie, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4999° N, 94.9501° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4999&lon=-94.9501&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6BZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6BZ-1989-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Attebery-Stainbrook VARIEZE (registry code 05609WK, https://openairdocs.org/model/attebery-stainbrook-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,506 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC86FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA166) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803036809A

## Narrative

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

LEFT WING SEPARATED IN FLIGHT. WING ATTACH BOLTS WERE NEVER INSTALLED PRIOR TO CERTIFICATION OF THE HOMEBUILT PLANE

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC86FA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC86FA166), Aug 3, 1986: Attebery-Stainbrook Varieze (N6BZ), Osawatomie, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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