# NTSB NYC84FNE07: Fuller/Findlay Varieze, N67TR, Worcester, MA, September 19, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1984, 12:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place: Worcester, MA
- Location: 42.2671° N, 71.8756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WORCESTER RGNL (ORH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2671&lon=-71.8756&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35427
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FNE07
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35427/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FNE07

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, takeoff - initial climb
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command
  - pull-up - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed(vs) - exceeded, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - terrain condition - runway

## Analysis

WITNESSES STATED, AFTER WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LONGER THEN NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL, ACFT ROTATED TO A VERY STEEP CLIMB ANGLE. ESTIMATES REGARDING CLIMB ANGLE VARY FROM 'SLIGHTLY NOSE UP' TO VERTICAL. ACFT CLIMBED TO 100-150 FT AGL AND ROTATED TO AN EXTREMELY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, AGAIN APPROACHING VERTICAL, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY IN AN APRX 20-30 DEG NOSE LOW, SLIGHT RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF AN INFLIGHT SEPARATION OR CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N67TR](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N67TR-1985-02-11), registration cancelled 1985-02-11, S/N 655 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FULLER/FINDLAY VARIEZE
- Registry model: [Experimental Engineering VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/experimental-engineering-varieze) (registry code 0560971) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 655
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1B 108 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Glenn R. Cormier
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 1, 1983
- Airport: ORH, Worcster Municipal, runway 29, 6,999 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 21; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; toxicology performed; flight hours: 134 total, 14 in this make and model, 85 as pilot in command, 36 in the last 90 days, 20 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ORH

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840919049649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840919049649A), Sep 19, 1984: Amtrru VARIEZE, Worcester, MA, Destroyed. Nosed up vertically after takeoff then stalled and dived vertically to runway. Cause of improper action unknown.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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