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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr VARI EZE · Willimantic, CT · January 2, 2004

Date
January 2, 2004 · 16:25 local
Place
Willimantic, CT
Airport
Windham Airport
Phase of flight
To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N440EZ
Reported as
Amtr Varieze
Reported engine
Continental O200*
Pilot’s flight hours
150 total80 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) According to the pilot, he aborted the take off, because the ac just did not feel right. As he approached the overrun, he hit a patch of ice which placed a side load on the landing gear causing it to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, HE ABORTED THE TAKE OFF, BECAUSE THE AC JUST DID NOT FEEL RIGHT. AS HE APPROACHED THE OVERRUN, HE HIT A PATCH OF ICE WHICH PLACED A SIDE LOAD ON THE LANDING GEAR CAUSING IT TO COLLAPSE.