# NTSB Accident CHI02LA166
> **Jacobs Rutan Vari Viggen** · 2002-06-16 · Urbana, IL, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI02LA166
- **Event ID:** 20020617X00903
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2002-06-16
- **Location:** Urbana, IL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 40.10007, -88.200828
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Jacobs
- **Model:** Rutan Vari Viggen
- **Registration:** N915D
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to abort the takeoff.  Additional factors included the partial loss of engine power due to an excessively rich mixture as a result of a bad accelerator pump housing seal, and the pilot failed to maintain control of the airplane.

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