# Accident 19810731046489A: Varga 2150AMORISY, Stevensville, MD, July 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1981, 13:51 local time
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Airport: Baybridge
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9765° N, 76.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BAY BRIDGE (W29), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9765&lon=-76.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8423J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8423J-1982-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Varga 2150A (registry code 9350102, https://openairdocs.org/model/varga-2150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARGA 2150AMORISY
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,111 total, 1,149 in this make and model, 253 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810731046489A

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR HORN ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSED FLUTTER, LOSS OF CONTROL. WAS MAKING EMERGENCY LANDING. STALLED ON FINAL.

## 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 ATL81FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA104), Jul 31, 1981: Varga 2150A (N8423J), Stevensville, MD, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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