- Date
- September 1, 1979
- Place
- Fort Collins, CO · FORT COLLINS, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N60HDVarieze 1
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790901025699A
- Case key
- 134766
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3377 79/9/1 NR.FORT COLLINS,CO VARIEZE 1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0747 N60HD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 8490 TOTAL HOURS, 20 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FT COLLINS-LVLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT COLLINS,CO FORT COLLINS,CO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- EXTRA COUNTER WEIGHT ADDED TO BELL CRANK USING DUCT TAPE,NOT FOUND DURING INVESTIGATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60HD
- Reported as
- Varieze 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ft Collins-Lvland
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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.