- Date
- August 7, 1980
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N124GVarieze 01
- Status
- Completed · report September 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800807034719A
- Case key
- 129467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1793 80/8/7 DODGE CITY,KS VARIEZE 01 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 190 TIME - 1600 N124G PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERTOWN,WI DODGE CITY,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- WIND GUSTS 35 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N124G
- Reported as
- Varieze 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N124GRegistration cancelled Dec 23, 2004 · Griswold-Ivan RUTAN VARIEZEAirframe modelGriswold-Ivan RUTAN VARIEZEEngine modelContinental C90 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.