- Date
- June 16, 1984, 15:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Red Bluff, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N13NBBaugh-Hubert Varieze 100
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840616024409A
- Case key
- 23966
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
A witness saw the canopy come open during the aircraft's initial climb. The aircraft entered a spin when the pilot attempted to close the canopy and collided with the ground. The cockpit area was crushed at during impact but the canopy had separated and was found 15 feet south of the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13NB
- Reported as
- Baugh-Hubert Varieze 100 (VARIEZE 10)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 647
- Airframe hours
- 59
- Engine
- Continental O-200-A, 100 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- H. Gordon Baugh
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Destination
- Orland, CA
- Airport
- RBL · Red Bluff, runway 33, 6,000 × 150 ft
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
- 71
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 85 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 97 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RBL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.