Grau VARI-EZE N79AA

Summary

On 2 August 1983 at about 02:04 local time, a Grau VARI-EZE registered N79AA was involved in an accident near Tucson, Arizona, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 August 1983 at 02:04

Classification

Accident

Location

Tucson, Arizona, United States

Nearest airport

Ryan Field (RYN)

Coordinates

32.5407, -110.9508

Aircraft

Grau VARI-EZE

Registration

N79AA

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX83FUJ15

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT MAKE 4 LOW PASSES, 200-300 FT AGL. ON THE LAST PASS THE ACFT PULLED UP INO ABOUT A 30 DEG NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE & START A RIGHT ROLL. THE NOSE BEGAN TO DROP, & AS THE ROLL WAS COMPLETED THE ACFT WAS IN ABOUT A 80 DEG NOSE LOW, WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. IT IMPACTED THE GROWND IN A 30 DEG NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.