- Date
- April 15, 1982, 12:20 local (20:20 UTC)
- Place
- Concord, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4SNRutan Varieze
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 15, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820415013449A
- Case key
- 70322
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that during landing the aircraft was in a nose high attitude, thus obstructing his view of the runway. By the time he got the nose down enough to see over it, the aircraft was drifting off the right side of the runway. He applied left braking action to steer the plane back to the runway, but he was too late to avoid the runway lights. The fixed main gear and retractable nose gear were damaged.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4SN
- Reported as
- Rutan Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 133
- Airframe hours
- 167
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- C. B. Moore
- Registered owner
- C. B. Moore
- Departed
- Concord, CA
- Destination
- Concord, CA
- Airport
- runway 1, 2,768 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 713 total · 4 in this make and model · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.