# Incident 20091204053641I: Varga Aircr 2150A, Livermore, CA, December 4, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Livermore, CA
- Airport: Livermore Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Ground/Ramp/Ma
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6934° N, 121.8204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIVERMORE MUNI (LVK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6934&lon=-121.8204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5073V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5073V) (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 AIRCR 2150A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,723 total, 237 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091204053641I

## Narrative

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

1) PILOT WAS ALONE.2) BATTERY WAS TOO LOW TO USE STARTER AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE TIME TO REPLACE OR CHARGE THE BATTERY.3) PILOT SET THE PARKING BRAKE AND CHALKED MAIN TIRES.4) "CRACKED" THROTTLE OPEN AND TURNED THE MAGNETOS ON.5) PILOT HAND-PROPPED THE AIRPLANE AND IT STARTED.6) THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, THE PARKING BRAKE DID NOT HOLD, AND THE AIRCRAFT JUMPED OVER THE CHALKS.7) PILOT STUMBLED AND FELL AWAY FROM THE ONCOMING PROPELLER.8) PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET UP AND WAS STRUCK IN THE FORHEAD WITH THE LEFT WING.9) PILOT SAW WING PASS OVER HIS HEAD.10) THE NEXT THING THE PILOT OBSERVED WAS HIS VARGA BRAKING LEFT AND HITTING A PARKED MOONEY M20C.11)  THE VARGA PROPELLER ENTERED THE LEFT LEADING EDGE OF THE MOONEY, SWUNG THE LEFT WING OF THE VARGA INTO THE PROPELLER SPINNER OF THE MOONEY, AND FINALLY CAME TO REST WITH THE LEFT WING IMBEDDED INTO THE MOONEY'S LEFT COWLING.

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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