Rutan VARIEZE N4SN

Summary

On 15 April 1982 at about 20:20 local time, a Rutan VARIEZE registered N4SN, operated by C. B. Moore, was involved in an accident near Concord, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

15 April 1982 at 20:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Concord, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Rutan VARIEZE

Registration

N4SN

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

C. B. Moore

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Concord → Concord

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX82FVD15

Nobody was injured.

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

THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, THUS OBSTRUCTING HIS VIEW OF THE RUNWAY. BY THE TIME HE GOT THE NOSE DOWN ENOUGH TO SEE OVER IT, THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. HE APPLIED LEFT BRAKING ACTION TO STEER THE PLANE BACK TO THE RUNWAY, BUT HE WAS TOO LATE TO AVOID THE RUNWAY LIGHTS. THE FIXED MAIN GEAR AND RETRACTABLE NOSE GEAR WERE DAMAGED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.