# NTSB CHI80FEP45: Vari-Eze 01, N7EJ, Oshkosh, WI, August 1, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 1, 1980
- Place: Oshkosh, WI · OSHKOSH, WI
- Location: 44.0232° N, 88.5623° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oshkosh, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0232&lon=-88.5623&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 27, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 129300
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FEP45
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP45

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3454   80/8/1    OSHKOSH,WI          VARI-EZE 01         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 243
        TIME - 1350                    N7EJ                PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WHITMAN
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SIOUX CITY,IA               OSHKOSH,WI
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
        REMARKS- STEEP TURN STALL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7EJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7EJ-1982-03-23), registration cancelled 1982-03-23, S/N 208 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARI-EZE 01
- Registry model: [Freeman-Novy VARI-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/freeman-novy-vari-eze) (registry code 05609M3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Whitman

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800801034849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801034849A), Aug 1, 1980: Amtrru VARIEZE, Oshkosh, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Indicates pilot stalled airplane in tight turn through misjudgement or pilot incapacitation, or both.

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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