# Accident 20060625020829A: Varga 2150AMORISY, Columbus, WI, June 25, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 25, 2006, 09:53 local time
- Place: Columbus, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3167° N, 89.9333° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3167&lon=-89.9333&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8267J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8267J-2006-10-26) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O320A2C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 358 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060625020829A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 25, 2006, AT 0952 CDT, A VARGA 2150-A, N8267J, REGISTERED TO AND PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ COLLIDED WITH TREES ALONG THE CRAWFISH RIVER AT ASTICO COUNTY PARK, DODGE COUNTY WISCONSIN. THE VFR PLEASURE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CAPITOL DRIVE AIRPORT, MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN AND PROCEEDED TO RIO, WISCONSIN FOR A FLY-IN BREAKFAST. THE FLIGHT THEN PROCEEDED TO A PRIVATE GRASS STRIP AT FALL RIVER, WISCONSIN AT WHICH TIME HE MET WITH A FRIEND FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME PRIOR TO DEPARTURE. INTERVIEWS WITH INDIVIDUALS AT RIO AND FALL RIVER STATED THE AIRCRAFT RAN FINE HOWEVER IT DID HAVE A DEAD BATTERY AND HAD TO BE HAND STARTED AT BOTH RIO AND FALL RIVER. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PILOT, WHO WAS ALONE, RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. NO MECHANICAL IRREGULARITIES WERE FOUND AS A RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 CHI06LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA163), Jun 25, 2006: Varga 2150A (N8267J), Columbus, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain adequate clearance from the trees during the attempted low altitude pass along the river. Contributing factors were the intentional low altitude flight maneuver, the…

## Other reports on N8267J (1)

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

- [Incident 19780929028879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780929028879I), Sep 29, 1978: Morisy 2150AVARGA (N8267J), Las Vegas, NV. Engine quit on approach. Landed in stadium parking lot.

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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