# NTSB FTW81DRJ22: Vari-Eze 01, N106, Natchitoches, LA, July 21, 1981

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 21, 1981
- Place: Natchitoches, LA · NATCHITOCHES, LA
- Location: 31.7348° N, 93.1007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Natchitoches, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7348&lon=-93.1007&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 21, 1981
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 125009
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW81DRJ22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DRJ22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1535  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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N106-2002-12-09), registration cancelled 2002-12-09, S/N 833, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARI-EZE 01
- Registry model: [Elkins VARI-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/elkins-vari-eze) (registry code 0560942) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Natchitoches

## 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 19810721043479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810721043479A), Jul 21, 1981: Amtrru VARIEZE, Natchitoches, LA, Destroyed. Pilot lost control of aircraft during takeoff. This was first flight in this aircraft.

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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