Varieze RUTAN N37LL

18 April 1981 · Elma, Washington, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 18 April 1981 at about 15:45 local time, a Varieze RUTAN registered N37LL was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Elma, Washington, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 18 April 1981 at 15:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Elma, Washington, United States
Nearest airport: Elma Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Varieze RUTAN
Registration: N37LL
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-0518

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	0	0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR, FXD MAIN.LNDD IN SWAMPY TRRN SHORT OF RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-0518, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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