# Accident 20140716017579A: Holmlund Victor P AURIGA, Hillsborough, NJ, July 16, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2014, 10:10 local time
- Place: Hillsborough, NJ
- Airport: Central Jersey Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5181° N, 74.6047° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5181&lon=-74.6047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N234VV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N234VV-2015-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Holmlund Victor P AURIGA (registry code 056296S, https://openairdocs.org/model/holmlund-victor-p-auriga) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Subaru ALL MDLS A/B (registry code 59050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/subaru-all-mdls-a-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HOLMLUND VICTOR P AURIGA
- Reported engine: SUBARU ALL MDLS A/B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,819 total, 133 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA342) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140716017579A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXECUTED MISSED APPROACH, UPON CLIMBOUT, APPROX 1/3 MILE FROM RUNWAY, ENGINE LOST POWER AND SHUT DOWN. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO REACH FIELD FOR EMERGENCY LANDING, LEFT WING OF AIRCRAFT STRUCK TREE TOP SHORT OF FIELD SHEARING OFF OUTER 1/2 OF WING. SECOND IMPACT WITH TREE SHEERED OFF COMPLETE RIGHT WING. AIRCRAFT IMPACTED GROUND AT HIGH ANGLE, LOW SPEED AND CAME TO REST IN INVERTED POSITION FACING OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL. THERE WAS NO POST CRASH FIRE AND NO VISUAL OR ODOROUS INDICATIONS OF FUEL AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 ERA14LA342](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA342), Jul 16, 2014: Holmlund Victor P Auriga (N234VV), Manville, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper preflight fuel planning and in-flight fuel monitoring, which resulted in a total loss of engine power due to fuel exhaustion.

## Other reports on N234VV (1)

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

- [Incident 20110512008849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110512008849I), May 12, 2011: Holmlund Victor P AURIGA (N234VV), Trenton, NJ, Minor damage. On may 12, 2011 about 1615 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur build aircraft, N234VV, model Auriga, build by victor Holmlund was damaged upon…

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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