# Incident 19881223066899I: Amtrru VARIEZELONG, Vero Beach, FL, December 23, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1988, 19:25 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89PC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N89PC-1991-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Poyner Ray E RUTAN LONG-EZ (registry code 056098D, https://openairdocs.org/model/poyner-ray-e-rutan-long-ez) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZELONG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,597 total, 60 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881223066899I

## Narrative

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

ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON BEACH. MADE A HARD LANDING. NOSE GEAR STRUT BROKE AND WHEEL PANTS DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N89PC (1)

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

- [Accident 19890708021209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890708021209A), Jul 8, 1989: Amtrru VARIEZELONG (N89PC), Rio Grande, NJ, Destroyed. Crashed, details unknown.

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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