# Incident 19970311008049I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Dubuque, IA, March 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1997, 16:45 local time
- Place: Dubuque, IA
- Airport: Dubuque Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.4020° N, 90.7095° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUBUQUE RGNL (DBQ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4020&lon=-90.7095&mi=10
- Aircraft: N533VE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N533VE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wagner Robert VARIEZE (registry code 05609FH, https://openairdocs.org/model/wagner-robert-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRU VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,645 total, 826 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970311008049I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DBQ AT 1630 ON 3/11/97. APPROXIMATELY 5 MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE ENGINE FAILED. A RESTART WAS INITIATED AND PILOT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. ENGINE FAILED A SECOND TIME AND AN EMERGENCY OFF-AIRPORT LANDING WAS INITIATED 6 MILES NW OF DBQ. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR AND LOWER NOSE SKIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES OR OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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