# Wilkins-Wayne VARI-VIGGEN

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05609M9
- Manufacturer (registry): WILKINS-WAYNE
- Model: 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/wilkins-wayne-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)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## 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 NYC92DGM01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC92DGM01), Nov 13, 1991: Willkins-Wayne VARI-VIGGEN (N12VV), Erie, PA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE AT TOO LOW AN ALTITUDE TO RECOVER. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE PILOT'S LOW TIME AND EXPERIENCE IN THIS TYPE OF AIRPLANE.

## 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 19911113051119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911113051119A), Nov 13, 1991: Amtrru VARIVIGGEN (N12VV), Erie, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Lost control turning final oscillated stalled recovered low then secondary stall to impact. No check out in type.

## The same model under other registry codes

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

- [Stites VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/stites-variviggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0560955
- [Winfield Orville R VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/winfield-orville-r-variviggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056099R
- [Rutan Aircraft Flying Experien VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/rutan-aircraft-flying-experien-variviggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05638Z3
- [Hanks Wendell W VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/hanks-wendell-w-variviggen): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0569056
- [Holzworth VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/holzworth-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560903
- [Cavis VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/cavis-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560914
- [Tinlin Philip J VARI VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/tinlin-philip-j-vari-viggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560916
- [Williams VARI-VIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-vari-viggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560917
- [Melvill VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/melvill-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560934
- [Warner VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/warner-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560936
- [Saunders VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/saunders-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560947
- [Poehner VARIVIGGEN](https://openairdocs.org/model/poehner-variviggen): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 0560953

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