C Eff VARI-EZE N122EF

Summary

On 23 October 1982 at about 16:55 local time, a C Eff VARI-EZE registered N122EF, operated by Christian A. EFF, was involved in an accident near Seymour, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

23 October 1982 at 16:55

Classification

Accident

Location

Seymour, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Freeman Muni (SER)

Coordinates

38.9495, -85.8791

Aircraft

C Eff VARI-EZE

Registration

N122EF

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Christian A. EFF

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Seymour → Seymour

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI83FA024

1 person died.

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

AIRCRAFT WAS BEING TAXI TESTED WHEN IT BECAME AIRBORNE AND FLEW A FAST, LOW TENTATIVE PATTERN. TURNING FINAL THE TURN WAS VERY STEEP AND AIRCRAFT DESCENDED TO GROUND IMPACTING A TREE PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. THE PILOT HAD NO RECORDED FLIGHT TIME IN THIS AIRCRAFT WHICH IS VERY SENSITIVE TO CONTROL INPUTS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.