Vari-Eze N36EZ

7 August 1978 · Liberal, Kansas, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 7 August 1978 at about 09:00 local time, a Vari-Eze registered N36EZ was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Liberal, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 7 August 1978 at 09:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Liberal, Kansas, United States
Nearest airport: Liberal Muni
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Vari-Eze
Registration: N36EZ
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: 3-2312

People

1 person died.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	1	0	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.

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 3-2312, 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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