- Date
- January 4, 1987, 22:37 local (Jan 5, 1987, 06:37 UTC)
- Place
- Hayward, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5076VVarga 2150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870104000129A
- Case key
- 25496
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After rtrng fm a flt, the plt took off again (using rwy 28L) & turned to the se. A witness (se of the arpt), said he sawthe acft at low alt (estd 100 to 200 ft) flying in his drctn. He noted no otr indcn of a problem until after the acft made a 'very sharp banking turn to the left' & reversed drctn back to the arpt. The witness said that immediately after the turn was completed, the eng sputtered & the acft suddenly entered a steep dscnt & crashed. Impact occurred near the apch end of rwy 28L. Bfr gnd impact, the acft hit pwr lines, causing a pwr outage in the area. The fuel sys was config- ured for both tanks to feed. One fuel tank was fnd empty, the otr had aprx 5 gal remaining; however, the amount of fuel that may have leaked after the crash was not verified. An eng tear down showed no indcn of a preimpact mech failure, butthe carb heat was fnd in the 'off' psn. Temp & dew point were 47 & 45 deg, respectively. Icing probability charts showedthat serious carb icing could have occurred while at a cruise or glide power setting.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5076V
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC6577
- Airframe hours
- 2,032
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A2C, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Action Aviation
- Registered owner
- Donald H Hosmer
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal; Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 6, 1986 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- HWD
- Airport
- HWD · Hayward Air Terminal, runway 28L, 5,019 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 25
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 145 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OAK, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.