# Accident 19830314024039A: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Bowling Green, KY, March 14, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1983, 16:21 local time
- Place: Bowling Green, KY
- Airport: Bowling Green
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0603° N, 86.4600° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0603&lon=-86.4600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N86BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N86BB-2012-12-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brown Robert A SONERAI II (registry code 05659RH, https://openairdocs.org/model/brown-robert-a-sonerai-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRMO SONERAI2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 52 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL83LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830314024039A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR DESTINGATION. FLIPPED OVER LANDING IN A SOFT FIELD. BOGUS BOLT ON GASCULATOR ALLOWED FUEL LEAK

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL83LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA139), Mar 14, 1983: Brown Sonera II L (N86BB), Bowling Green, KY, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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