# NTSB LAX79FUK03: Veri-Eze 1, N22779, Bullhead City, AZ, July 21, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: July 21, 1979
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ · BULLHEAD CITY, AZ
- Location: 35.1478° N, 114.5683° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bullhead City, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1478&lon=-114.5683&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed, report September 11, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134661
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX79FUK03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUK03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-1908  79/7/21    BULLHEAD CITY,AZ    VERI-EZE 1          CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 65, 2250
        TIME - 0810                    N22779              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BULLHEAD CITY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          BULLHEAD CITY,AZ            LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N22779](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N22779-1982-08-07), registration cancelled 1982-08-07, S/N 1214, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VERI-EZE 1
- Registry model: [Sutherland RUTAN VERI-EZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/sutherland-rutan-veri-eze) (registry code 05609Q6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bullhead City

## 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 19790721019579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790721019579A), Jul 21, 1979: Amtrru VARIEZE, Bullhead City, AZ, Destroyed. Lost control of acft during initial climb. Unskilled in acft.

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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