# Incident 20031221032939I: Varga 2150AMORISY, Welfleet, MA, December 21, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2003, 13:15 local time
- Place: Welfleet, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N8431J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8431J-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Varga 2150A (registry code 9350102, https://openairdocs.org/model/varga-2150a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARGA 2150AMORISY
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031221032939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT NEGLECTED TO VISUALLY INSPECT FUEL QUANTITY ON PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, DEPARTED CHATHAM AIRPORT AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER OVER WELFLEET HARBOR AFTER ONE HALF HOUR OF FLIGHT. ATTEMPTS TO MAINTAIN POWER BY OPERATING ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP AND PUMPING THE THROTTLE WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, AND THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A SAND BAR OFF GREAT ISLAND HILL. PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD FUELED THE TANKS AT AN EARLIER DATE AND HAD FLOWN ABOUT TWO HOURS AT THAT TIME. HE SAID THE FUEL GAUGES READ LESS THAN ONE-HALF FULL PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT IN QUESTION. BASED ON HIS PREVIOUS FLIGHT TIME SINCE REFUELING, HE ESTIMATED THAT HE HAD A TOTAL OF 10 GALLONS OF FUEL ON BOARD AT TAKE OFF AND INTENDED TO FLY FOR ONE HOUR. THE VARGA CARRIES A TOTAL OF 35 US GALLONS OF FUEL.

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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