- Date
- April 3, 1981
- Place
- Bengal, OK · BENGAL, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N15RLVarieze Rutan
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810403014339A
- Case key
- 126986
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0503 81/4/3 NR.BENGAL,OK VARIEZE RUTAN CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 130 TIME - 1800 N15RL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTGOMERY,AL MCALLISTER,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SQUALL LINE WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR VFR REMARKS- TSTMS AT DESTN,UN TO LND.DELAYED DIVERTING TO ALTN ARPT.L BRAKE DMG & LOCKED DRG LNDG ON HIWAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15RL
- Reported as
- Varieze Rutan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N15RLRegistration cancelled Jun 15, 1994 · Lonsway Roger RUTAN VARIEZEAirframe modelLonsway Roger RUTAN VARIEZE
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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