- Date
- July 3, 1978
- Place
- Dorris, CA · DORRIS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N942Varieze
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780703020329A
- Case key
- 141411
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1748 78/7/3 NR.DORRIS,CA VARIEZE CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 223 TIME - 0730 N942 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KLAMATH FALLS,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N942
- Reported as
- Varieze
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N942Registration cancelled Sep 17, 2009 · Boyd VARIEZEAirframe modelBoyd VARIEZEEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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