- Date
- July 12, 1981
- Place
- Sullivan, MO · SULLIVAN, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8265JVarga 2150A
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810712041479A
- Case key
- 123878
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2251 81/7/12 NR.SULLIVAN,MO VARGA 2150A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 161 TIME - 1810 N8265J PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GREENWOOD,IN ROLLA,MO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: VENTS,DRAINS,TANK CAPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER/INADEQUATE VENTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- W FUEL SEL IN"BOTH"PSN,L TNK FED SLOW,FLOW STOPPED WHEN R TNK WAS EMPTY.NO HOLES IN L TNK VENT-T.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8265J
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8265J · 1
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