- Date
- July 6, 1979
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N101JEVariviggen Edgar
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790706016599A
- Case key
- 135002
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1398 79/7/6 COLUMBUS,OH VARIVIGGEN EDGAR CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 499 TIME - 1920 N101JE PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS INT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBUS,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: GO-AROUND STALL: SPIN LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT INIT GO AROUND DUE TO LNDG GEAR PROBLEMS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101JE
- Reported as
- Variviggen Edgar
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Columbus Int
N101JERegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2009 · Edgar VARIVIGGENAirframe modelEdgar VARIVIGGENEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.