# Incident 19970711022029I: Amtrru VARIEZE, Sheridan, WY, July 11, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1997, 09:30 local time
- Place: Sheridan, WY
- Airport: Sheridan County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7692° N, 106.9803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERIDAN COUNTY (SHR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7692&lon=-106.9803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N430AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N430AT-2018-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thomas Albert W VARIEZE (registry code 056096G, https://openairdocs.org/model/thomas-albert-w-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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 350 total, 200 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970711022029I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT KEITH M. THOMPSON, DEPARTED ANDERSON, INDIANA, ON 07-10-97, EN ROUTE TO MISSOULA, MONTANA, WITH AN OVERNIGHT AT RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, ARRIVING AT SHERIDAN, WYOMING APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM ON 07-11-97. ON TAKEOFF ROLL, AT APPROXIMATELY 9:30AM, PILOT WAS ABOUT TO ROTATE WHEN THE CANOPY FLEW OPEN. HE STATED HE FORGOT TO LOCK THE CANOPY IN PLACE. DURING THE ABORTED TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED SIDEWAYS DAMAGING THE NOSE GEAR AND BOTH MAIN GEAR. (NO FLIGHT CONTROL DAMAGE.) HE PLANS TO REPAIR ALL THREE GEAR PRIOR TO FURTHER FLIGHT. NO FAR VIOLATION, NO ACTION TAKEN. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N430AT (2)

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

- [Incident 20080613841249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080613841249I), Jun 13, 2008: Amtr VARIEZE (N430AT), Sheridan, WY, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot landed with slightly nose down attitude and hit nose gear causing it to collapse.
- [Incident 19830910065529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830910065529I), Sep 10, 1983: Amtrru VARIEZE (N430AT), Kalamazoo, MI, Minor damage. Landed with nose gear up. Pilot stated he forgot to lower nose gear.

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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