# NTSB SEA86LA185: Varga 2150A, N5074V, Everett, WA, July 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 31, 1986, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Everett, WA
- Coordinates: 47.979511, -122.199851 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9795&lon=-122.1999&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 40458
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA86LA185
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/40458/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA86LA185

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, cruise
  - fuel consumption calculations - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - exhaustion
  - refueling - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - crop (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5074V-2013-08-15), registration cancelled 2013-08-15, S/N VAC-63-76, built 1976 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VARGA 2150A
- Registry model: [Varga 2150A](https://openairdocs.org/model/varga-2150a) (registry code 9350102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (registry code 41508, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: VAC 63-76
- Airframe hours: 534
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 64; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860731072069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860731072069A), Jul 31, 1986: Varga 2150AMORISY, Everett, WA, Substantial damage. Engine failed from fuel exhaustion. Aircraft flipped over during emergency landing.

## Other investigations on N5074V (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB SEA94LA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA94LA015), Oct 10, 1993: Varga 2150A (N5074V), Burns, OR, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR IN-FLIGHT PLANNING/DECISION AND AN INADVERTENT STALL/SPIN. A FACTOR TO THE ACCIDENT WAS AN EXCESSIVE PULL-UP.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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