# Incident 20031025030039I: Amtr VARIEZE, Bremerton, WA, October 25, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2003, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bremerton, WA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.5400° N, 122.7171° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bremerton, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5400&lon=-122.7171&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200TZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200TZ-2008-12-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Menefee Michael O RAF VARI-EZE (registry code 05613WQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/menefee-michael-o-raf-vari-eze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031025030039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT FOR HIS HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO IT'S FIBERGLASS SKIN ONLY. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE GEAR WARNING HORN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HIS FEET AND WITH HIS HEADSETON HE DID NOT HEAR A GEAR WARNING HORN IF IT SOUNDED. THERE IS NO GEAR WARNING LIGHT INSTALLED. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE REASON THE GEAR COLLAPSED WAS THAT THE CLUTCH WHICH HE HAD INTALLED WAS NOT SET STIFF ENOUGH. AN ANONYMOUS CALLER REPORTED THE INCIDENT ON 11-08-03. THE PILOT RESPONDED TO OUR INQUIRY ON 11-26-03.

## Other reports on N200TZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20040321004359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321004359A), Mar 21, 2004: Amtr VARIEZE (N200TZ), Bremerton, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot stated that after he initiated a touch and go, the aircraft developed a severe vibration. He then called out on his radio that he needed to…

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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