# Incident 19940725030759I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Iowa City, IA, July 25, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1994, 21:30 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Iowa City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6396° N, 91.5479° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IOWA CITY MUNI (IOW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6396&lon=-91.5479&mi=10
- Aircraft: N83RP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83RP-2024-06-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pattschull Richard W VARI EZE (registry code 05609UJ, https://openairdocs.org/model/pattschull-richard-w-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,180 total, 780 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940725030759I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JULY 25, 1994 2130Z, (1530 CDT) DICK PATTSCHULL DEPARTED THE MASON CITY AIRPORT, MASON CITY, IOWA ON DESCENT INTO THE IOWA CITY IOWA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, MR. PATTSCHULL EXPERIENCED A SEVERE ENGINE VIBRATION THEN HE SHUT DOWN THE ENGINE. HE LANDED THE AIRCRAFT PARALLEL TO HIGHWAY 218. MINOR DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE PROPELLER, MAIN GEAR AND NOSE GEAR. THIS REPORT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT 7/27/94.

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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