- Date
- May 16, 1986, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Kiln, MS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5601GVarga 2150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860516040379A
- Case key
- 31634
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Fuel consumption calculations - inadequateCause
Refueling - not performedCause
Forced landing
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)
Analysis
The plt stated that while on local flight he ran out of fuel & upon landing in a field, the acft struck a tree, severing the wings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5601G
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC 286 82
- Airframe hours
- 190
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4AD, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Carey And Kreiger
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- PCU · Picayune, MS
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
- 22
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 78 total · 4 in this make and model · 78 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GPT, 15 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.
Other investigations on N5601G · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.