# Jacobs Dennis R RUTAN VARI VIGGEN

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 056091K
- Manufacturer (registry): JACOBS DENNIS R
- Model: RUTAN VARI VIGGEN
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/jacobs-dennis-r-rutan-vari-viggen

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CHI02LA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA166), Jun 16, 2002: Jacobs Rutan Vari Viggen (N915D), Urbana, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff. Additional factors included the partial loss of engine power due to an excessively rich mixture as a result of a bad accelerator pump housing seal, and the…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 20020616017549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020616017549A), Jun 16, 2002: Amtr VARIVIGGEN (N915D), Urbana, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (.19) On June 16, 2002, at 1030 central daylight time, a rutan vari viggen, N915D, piloted by a commercial pilot was destroyed following impact with terrain on…

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Gilbert Catherine RUTAN VARI-VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/gilbert-catherine-rutan-vari-viggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05604R6
- [Craig George Sanders RUTAN VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/craig-george-sanders-rutan-variviggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05690S2
- [Dobson Leonard RUTAN VARI VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/dobson-leonard-rutan-vari-viggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05609KC
- [River Anthony RUTAN VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/river-anthony-rutan-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05609LB
- [Cowan Charles M RUTAN VARI-VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/cowan-charles-m-rutan-vari-viggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05609TL
- [Hopkins Michael P RUTAN/VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/hopkins-michael-p-rutan-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05615RJ
- [Bodnarchuk Frederick R RUTAN VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/bodnarchuk-frederick-r-rutan-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05690E6

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