NTSB CAROL · Event
Event FTW84FA126
Registry · N1VE
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
GILBERT GREGORY C RUTAN VARI EZE
Engine
CONT MOTOR 0-200 SERIES (100 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
19950106
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A001E2
Registrant of record
INZERILLO JOSEPH
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WAS HAVING SOME KIND OF PROBLEM AFTER TAKEOFF. IT ENTERED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE, WENT TO THE RIGHT & CRASHED. AN EXAM REVEALED THAT IT HAD IMPACTED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS FOUND IN A DOWN & LOCKED POSITION. THE LEFT PROP WAS TWISTED & CURLED, OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF ROTATION & ITS BLADES HAD CHORDWISE SCRATCHES FROM GROUND IMPACT. THE RIGHT PROP HAD NO SIGNS OF ROTATIONAL DAMAGE & IT WAS NOT FEATHERED. ABOUT 40 GALS OF FUEL WERE FOUND IN THE LEFT TANKS. THE RIGHT FUEL TANKS CONTAINED VIRTUALLY NO FUEL: THEY WERE NOT RUPTURED. THE PLT HAD NO MULTI-ENGINE RATING. HIS LOGBOOK HAD NO ENTRIES TO SHOW DUAL MULTI-ENGINE INSTRUCTION NOR COMPLIANCE WITH A BIENNIAL FLT REVIEW. THE ACFT WAS EQUIPPED WITH A ROBERTSON STOL KIT, STC SA-2313-WE, WHICH INCREASED ITS GROSS WT TO 3800 LBS. THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS ON 1/10/83. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1984_FTW84FA126.txt.
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