# NTSB OAK78FVG59: Varieze, N942, Dorris, CA, July 3, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1978
- Place: Dorris, CA · DORRIS, CA
- Location: 41.9650° N, 121.9204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dorris, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9650&lon=-121.9204&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 28, 1978
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 141411
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK78FVG59
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVG59

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N942-2009-09-17), registration cancelled 2009-09-17, S/N 118, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARIEZE
- Registry model: [Boyd VARIEZE](https://openairdocs.org/model/boyd-varieze) (registry code 05609C2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## 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 19780703020329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780703020329A), Jul 3, 1978: Amtr 05609C2, Dorris, CA, Destroyed

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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