- Date
- April 18, 1981
- Place
- Elma, WA · ELMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N37LLVarieze Rutan
- Status
- Completed · report May 5, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810418017669A
- Case key
- 126637
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0518 81/4/18 ELMA,WA VARIEZE RUTAN CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 141 TIME - 1545 N37LL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELMA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELMA,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR,FXD MAIN.LNDD IN SWAMPY TRRN SHORT OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N37LL
- Reported as
- Varieze Rutan
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elma Muni
N37LLRegistration cancelled Nov 26, 2014 · Lovelace Vernon James VARIEZEAirframe modelLovelace Vernon James VARIEZEEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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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.