- Date
- March 7, 1979
- Place
- Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N95DBVarieze 1
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790307004259A
- Case key
- 137374
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0436 79/3/7 NR.AUSTIN,TX VARIEZE 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1542 N95DB PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 3450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 10 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TIMS AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AUSTIN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED REMARKS- CG .21IN AFT OF REAR LIMIT.NO EVIDENCE OF OVERLOAD ON CANOPY LOCKS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N95DB
- Reported as
- Varieze 1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Tims Airpark
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.