# NTSB Accident SEA03LA154
> **Bollinger RV-6A** · 2003-07-26 · Wenatchee, WA, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA03LA154
- **Event ID:** 20030730X01228
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2003-07-26
- **Location:** Wenatchee, WA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 47.398887, -120.206947
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 2
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Bollinger
- **Model:** RV-6A
- **Registration:** N272JT
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

Fuel starvation following the separation of a purge valve assembly as a result of the builders failure to re-safety the face retaining/stop screw on the fuel vapor purge valve after the safety wire on the subject screw was removed in order to change the angular mounting position of the valve. Factors include an apple orchard near the edge of the field that pilot was trying to glide to.

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