# Accident 19950902027179A: Amtrru VARIEZE, Dwight, IL, September 2, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 2, 1995, 08:45 local time
- Place: Dwight, IL
- Airport: Dwight Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0899° N, 88.4201° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0899&lon=-88.4201&mi=10
- Aircraft: N17BK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA301) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950902027179A

## Narrative

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

PREMATURE NOSE HIGH LIFTOFF. WHEELS CAUGHT IN TALL CORN END OF RUNWAY. CRASHED AND BURNED. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AFTER COLLIDING WITH MATURE CORN AND THE GROUND AFTER TAKEOFF. WITNESSES REPORTED THE AIRPLANE HAD A HIGH PITCHUP ATTITUDE AFTER LIFTOFF AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR AND WIND CONTACTED THE CORN PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT'S COLLISION WITH THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI95FA301](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95FA301), Sep 2, 1995: Kiesel Easy Varieze (N17BK), Dwight, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: inadequate preflight planning by the pilot. A factor associated with this accident was the pilot did not perform an aborted takeoff is sufficient time to safely stop.

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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