# NTSB CHI78FEV34: Vari-Viggen, N29HR, Urbana, IL, August 8, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 8, 1978
- Place: Urbana, IL · URBANA, IL
- Location: 40.1101° N, 88.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Urbana, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1101&lon=-88.1973&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report May 21, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 139477
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI78FEV34
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEV34

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4287   78/8/8  NR.URBANA,IL          VARI-VIGGEN         CR-  1  0  0  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 607
        TIME - 1507                    N29HR               PX-  0  0  0  TEST                      TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ILLINI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
         URBANA,IL                    LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES
        REMARKS- FRONT CANOPY FOUND NOT IN LOCKED POSITION.REAR CROSS MEMBER BRACE IN PLTS FIST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N29HR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N29HR-2018-08-09), registration cancelled 2018-08-09, S/N 267, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARI-VIGGEN
- Registry model: [Reiss RUTAN VARI-VIGGEN SP](https://openairdocs.org/model/reiss-rutan-vari-viggen-sp) (registry code 0560935) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Illini

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.

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