- Date
- November 11, 1980
- Place
- Pittsburg, KS · PITTSBURG, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N62MVVarieze 01
- Status
- Completed · report December 17, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801111067989A
- Case key
- 128408
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2930 80/11/11 PITTSBURG,KS VARIEZE 01 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 49, 1510 TIME - 1730 N62MV PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ATKINSON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PITTSBURG,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PITCH CTL PUSH-PULL ROD BCM DSCNCTD.DRG LNDG,PLT CTLD PITCH W ENG PWR,PUSHING ROD W TOE,SHIFTG WT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N62MV
- Reported as
- Varieze 01
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Atkinson
N62MVRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 1981 · Sullivan F Victor VARIEZEAirframe modelSullivan F Victor VARIEZE
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.