Fuller/Findlay VARIEZE N67TR

Summary

On 19 September 1984 at about 16:45 local time, a Fuller/Findlay VARIEZE registered N67TR was involved in an accident near Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

19 September 1984 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Nearest airport

Worcster Municipal (ORH)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Fuller/Findlay VARIEZE

Registration

N67TR

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

NYC84FNE07

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 STATED, AFTER WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LONGER THEN NORMAL TAKEOFF ROLL, ACFT ROTATED TO A VERY STEEP CLIMB ANGLE. ESTIMATES REGARDING CLIMB ANGLE VARY FROM 'SLIGHTLY NOSE UP' TO VERTICAL. ACFT CLIMBED TO 100-150 FT AGL AND ROTATED TO AN EXTREMELY NOSE LOW ATTITUDE, AGAIN APPROACHING VERTICAL, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES. ACFT CONTACTED THE RWY IN AN APRX 20-30 DEG NOSE LOW, SLIGHT RIGHT WING LOW ATTITUDE. INSPECTION REVEALED NO EVIDENCE OF AN INFLIGHT SEPARATION OR CONTROL SYSTEM FAILURE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.