- Date
- July 31, 1986, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Everett, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5074VVarga 2150A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860731072069A
- Case key
- 40458
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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.
Analysis
The plt reported he made an emergency landing in a wheat field following a loss of power due to fuel exhaustion. The acft struck a ditch and nosed over during the landing roll. The plt stated he sould have refueled at the last stop.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5074V
- Reported as
- Varga 2150A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- VAC 63-76
- Airframe hours
- 534
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Richard F. Eiden
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 30, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- WA13 · Concrete, WA
- Destination
- S13 · Alderwood Manor, WA
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 617 total · 617 in this make and model · 534 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 19 °F
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 N5074V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.