# Incident 19960403005929I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Tuscaloosa, AL, April 3, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1996, 19:00 local time
- Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
- Airport: Tuscaloosa Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2206° N, 87.6114° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Tuscaloosa National Airport (TCL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2206&lon=-87.6114&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49LK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49LK-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kinsey Larry R VARIEZ 0-235 (registry code 056904M, https://openairdocs.org/model/kinsey-larry-r-variez-0-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: LYC O235L2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 522 total, 350 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960403005929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE MOUNT BRACKETS THAT ATTACH THE LANDING GEAR TO THE AIRFRAME SEPARATED. IT APPEARS THE GLUE COMPOUND GAVE WAY.

## Other reports on N49LK (1)

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

- [Accident 20010331006169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010331006169A), Mar 31, 2001: Amtr VARIEZ (N49LK), Pinson, AL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Pilot departed tuscaloosa at approx. 09:10 local on 3/31/01 in visual meteorological conditions for gadsden without filing a flight plan. The weather at…

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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