# Incident 20190424015519I: Varga Aircraft Corp. 2150A, Ludlow, VT, April 24, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2019, 20:09 local time
- Place: Ludlow, VT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4019° N, 72.6993° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ludlow, VT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4019&lon=-72.6993&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4646V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4646V) (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 AIRCRAFT CORP. 2150A
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-320 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190424015519I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 24, 2019 THE PILOT OF A VARGA AIRCRAFT 2150A, N4646V, S/N VAC-100-79 WAS FLYING FROM KNOX COUNTY AIRPORT, MAINE (KRKD) TO GLENS FALLS, NEW YORK (KGFL). THE PILOT STATED HE WAS FLYING WESTBOUND OVER VERMONT WHEN HE EXPERIENCED AIRCRAFT LOSS OF POWER AND WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. PIOLT STATED HE TRIED BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESTORE ENGINE POWER, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY ON 121.5 AND SQUAWKED 7700. PILOT SAID THERE WAS ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA AND BELIEVES DURING HIS RADIO TRANSMISSION THE AIRCRAFT WAS RELAYING HIS INFORMATION AS WELL. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO DISTINGUISH GROUND TERRAIN UNTIL BELOW TREE LEVEL AND LANDED IN A FIELD BEHIND  A RESIDENCE. CHRISTOPHER YANNI, AN OPERATIONS INSPECTOR AT THE PORTLAND MAINE FLIGHT STANDARDS OFFICE (FSDO), ARRIVE ON SCENE APRIL 26, 2019 AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO BE MINOR THOUGH THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE WHEEL AND PROPELLER BLADES WERE IMPAIRED DUE TO AN ABRUPT STOP ON WET GROUND. MULTIPLE PICTURES WERE TAKEN INCLUDING THE FUEL TANKS WITH THE FUEL CAP REMOVED. THE TANKS APPEARED TO BE DEVOID OF FUEL. THE MECHANIC WHO HAD REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT WINGS IN ORDER TO TRANSPORT IT TO HIS FACILITY IN MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT STATED THAT IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO CHECK THE AIRCRAFT'S FUEL TANKS FOR FUEL. HE REPORTED NO SIGN OF FUEL IN THE TANKS OR ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO J&M AVIATION CORPORATION 467 AIRPORT ROAD MIDDLEBURY VERMONT, WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE PROPELLER AND SUCCESSFULLY STARTED THE ENGINE ON 05/22/2019.

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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