# Incident 20040102000109I: Amtr VARIEZE, Willimantic, CT, January 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 2004, 16:25 local time
- Place: Willimantic, CT
- Airport: Windham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7440° N, 72.1802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINDHAM (IJD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7440&lon=-72.1802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440EZ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440EZ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hanson David VARI EZE (registry code 05614EU, https://openairdocs.org/model/hanson-david-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 O200*
- Pilot flight hours: 150 total, 80 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040102000109I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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