# Accident 19990113000429A: Amtr VARIEZE, Tupelo, MS, January 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1999, 10:30 local time
- Place: Tupelo, MS
- Airport: Tupelo Municipal - C D Lemons
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2690° N, 88.7699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2690&lon=-88.7699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721NT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N721NT-2013-08-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Trohoski VARI-EZE (registry code 0560958, https://openairdocs.org/model/trohoski-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- Reported engine: CONT O200A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL99LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA043) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990113000429A

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF ACFT DURING LANDING. NO OTHER INFO AVAILABLE.  (FROM .4)  THE PILOT STATED, ON FINAL APPROACH AT 10 TO 15 FEET AGL AND PERFORMING THE LANDING FLARE, A GUST OF WIND CAUGHT THE AIRPLANE CAUSING IT TO PITCH UP 30 TO 40 DEGREES.  THE PILOT OVERCORRECTED THE AIRPLANE AND COLLIDED WITH THE RUNWAY.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE BY A FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINSTRATION (FAA) INSPECTOR NOTED, NO MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES AND BOTH ENGINE AND FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED.  THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES.  DURING A REVIEW OF THE AIRCRAFT RECORDS BY THE FAA, THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION RECORDED WAS JUNE 6, 1987.  THE ACFT WAS OPERATED WITH NO AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE, NO REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE, NO CONDITIONAL INSPECTION, NOR DID THE PILOT HAVE A CURRENT FLIGHT REVIEW.  THE PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN SINCE 1994.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                (.23) PILOT PURCHASED AIRCRAFT PERVIOUS DAY. NEXT DAY PILOT DEPARTED FOR LOCAL FLIGHT.  ON FIRST LANDING APPROACH LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT IN MINOR GUST.  PILOT HAD NOT FLOWN SINCE 1994.

## 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 ATL99LA043](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL99LA043), Jan 13, 1999: Trohoski VARI-EZE (N721NT), Tupelo, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper flare and compensation for wind conditions upon landing. Factors in the accident were the pilot's inadequate recurrent training and lack of experience with the airplane.

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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