- Date
- July 3, 1981
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N277LNVariviggen BWR-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810703039659A
- Case key
- 124714
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2019 81/7/3 READING,PA VARIVIGGEN BWR-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 69, 3500 TIME - 0930 N277LN PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SPAATZ DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION READING,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 1ST FLT IN FNT SEAT OF THIS ACFT.PLT RPRTD DIFFICULTY IN ORIENTATION FM FNT SEAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N277LN
- Reported as
- Variviggen BWR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Spaatz
N277LNRegistration cancelled Jun 1, 1983 · Rottschaefer Bernard WM VARI VIGGENAirframe modelRottschaefer Bernard WM VARI VIGGEN
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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.