- Date
- July 21, 1981
- Place
- Natchitoches, LA · NATCHITOCHES, LA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N106Vari-Eze 01
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810721043479A
- Case key
- 125009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1535 81/7/21 NATCHITOCHES,LA VARI-EZE 01 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 301 TIME - 1315 N106 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NATCHITOCHES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NATCHITOCHES,LA MONROE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- OVER-ROTATED DRG LIFT-OFF,LOWERED NOSE,HIT RWY,THEN LOST CONTROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N106
- Reported as
- Vari-Eze 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Natchitoches
N106Registration cancelled Dec 9, 2002 · Elkins VARI-EZEAirframe modelElkins VARI-EZEEngine modelContinental 0-200 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.