Accident · substantial damage
Feb 18, 1995 · Tiller, ORTHE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE FROM TREES.
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- Fatal
- Report
- SEA95LA053
From NTSB records; matched by N-number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for SEA95LA053)
N115EZ1983 Tifft-Bruce VARIEZE
DeregisteredUnclaimedSource: FAA, updated Oct 20, 2026
This N-number isn't registered right now. Below is its last known registration, canceled Oct 11, 2012.
Safety record in brief:2 NTSB accidents (destroyed damage at worst, latest Feb 1995)No ADs since 1998 matched
- Registration
- Deregistered
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Last registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Cottage Grove, OR
- Certificate issued
- Aug 15, 1978
- Canceled
- Oct 11, 2012
- Airworthiness
- Experimental · Amateur Built
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 18, 1983
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Tifft-Bruce
- Model
- VARIEZE
- Year
- 1983
- Serial number
- 115
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing single engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Not Type Certificated
- Seats
- 2
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A03F42
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming 0-235 Series
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 115 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 1978 – 2012Individual ownerCottage Grove, OR
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (2)
Accident · destroyed
Nov 20, 1982 · Santa Paula, CADURING TAKEOFF THE ACFT DID NOT BECOME AIRBORNE UNTIL REACHING THE END OF THE RWY. AFTER FLYING UNDER THE FIRST SET OF WIRES THE LEFT MAIN GEAR STRUCK THE ROOF OF A SMALL HOUSE OFF THE EAST END OF THE FIELD, TAKING DOWN A TV ANTENNA. THE ACFT ENGAGED HEAVY COMMERCIAL TV COAX WHICH LODGED BETWEEN THE NOSE CONE & CANARD TURNING THE ACFT APPROXIMATELY 180 DEG. THE PLT STATED THE WIND SHIFTED DURING…
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Injuries
- Serious
- Report
- LAX83FA037
From NTSB records; matched by N-number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for LAX83FA037)
ADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (0)
No Service Difficulty Reports found for this airframe since 1995.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026