# Incident 20220930017189I: Weitzel-Laury VARIEZE, Red Oak, IA, September 30, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 2022, 12:15 local time
- Place: Red Oak, IA
- Airport: Red Oak Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0108° N, 95.2589° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RED OAK MUNI (RDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0108&lon=-95.2589&mi=10
- Aircraft: N212MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N212MC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Weitzel-Laury VARIEZE (registry code 0560985, https://openairdocs.org/model/weitzel-laury-varieze) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WEITZEL-LAURY VARIEZE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,972 total, 3 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220930017189I

## Narrative

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

UPON TOUCHDOWN THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFT CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO HIT GROUND HARD AND FOLD INTO GEAR WELL. AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY COMING TO REST IN GRASS ALONG RUNWAY.

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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