# Incident 20251224020079I: Varga Aircraft Corp. 2150A, Greenwood, SC, December 24, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 24, 2025, 08:00 local time
- Place: Greenwood, SC
- Airport: Greenwood County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2504° N, 82.1578° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENWOOD COUNTY (GRD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2504&lon=-82.1578&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5067V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5067V) (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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20251224020079I

## Narrative

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

12/22/2025 AFTER A FLIGHT, THE PILOT LANDED AND NOTICED SOME ENGINE ROUGHNESS AROUND 1000 TO 1500 RPMS. THE PILOT NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE CONCERNING THIS MATTER.

12/24/2025 WHILE TAXING FROM HIS HANGAR TO THE MAINTENANCE HANGER (FOR MAINTENACE ONLY. NO INTENT TO FLY), THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. THE PILOT THEN STEERED PLANE TO A STOP, STEPPED ONTO THE WING AND NOTICED A FIRE UNDER THE COWLING NEAR THE FRONT NOSE WHEEL. THE PILOT NOTIFIED MAINTENANCE. SUBSEQUENTLY MAINTENANCE EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

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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