# Accident 19800510012529A: Varga 2150AMORISY, Valdosta, GA, May 10, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Valdosta, GA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8327° N, 83.2785° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valdosta, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8327&lon=-83.2785&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8348J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8348J-2017-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Varga 2150A (registry code 9350102, https://openairdocs.org/model/varga-2150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARGA 2150AMORISY
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 287 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DLA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLA02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800510012529A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MADE HARD LANDING. ELT ACTIVATED. DISTRACTED PILOT. AIRPLANE BOUNCED, STALLED, HIT RUNWAY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL80DLA02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DLA02), May 10, 1980: Varga 2150A (N8348J), Valdosta, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8348J (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19960112002339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960112002339I), Jan 12, 1996: Varga 2150AMORISY (N8348J), Mesa, AZ, Minor damage. Narrative: the pilot-in-command reported he was on the return leg of a cross-country flight from sedona, Arizona to Mesa, Arizona when the engine of his Varga,…
- [Incident 19820521033189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820521033189I), May 21, 1982: Varga 2150AMORISY (N8348J), Mineral Wells, TX, Minor damage. Distracted by helicopters. Lost control of landing. Nosed up in soft surface, off edge of runway.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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