- Date
- April 24, 1979
- Place
- New Smyrna, FL · NEW SMYRNA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N88RCRutan Vari Viggen
- Status
- Completed · report August 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790424007109A
- Case key
- 135848
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1678 79/4/24 NEW SMYRNA,FL RUTAN VARI VIGGEN CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 63, 223 TIME - 1100 N88RC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW SMYRNA BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW SMYRNA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- ALUMINUM RIVETS IN TURNBUCKLES FAILED.BOUGHT FM SURPLUS STORE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88RC
- Reported as
- Rutan Vari Viggen
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Smyrna Beach
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.