ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 366161
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| Date: | Saturday 22 September 1990 |
| Time: | 08:30 LT |
| Type: |  Varga 2150A Kachina |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N8422J |
| MSN: | VAC-167-80 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 774 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING O-320-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Neenah, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Appleton, WI (KATW) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
DURING CLIMB TO CRUISE THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A TOTAL LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE AND ON TOUCHDOWN IN A SOFT FIELD THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION FOUND NO EVIDENCE OF USABLE FUEL ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED HE HAD INTENTIONALLY BEEN OPERATING THE AIRCRAFT IN A LOW FUEL STATE IN ORDER TO HAVE THE FUEL VALVES INSPECTED, WHICH HE STATED COULD NOT BE DONE WITH FULL TANKS.
Probable Cause: THE PILOT'S MISJUDGEMENT OF THE FUEL SUPPLY, AND HIS FAILURE TO REFUEL THE AIRCRAFT. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE, SOFT TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI90DEP11
History of this aircraft
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| 17 July 2004 | N8422J | Winterset Aviation Services Inc. | 0 | Winterset, Iowa | |
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| 20-Mar-2024 18:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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