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FAA incident report · Amtrmo SONERAI2 · Woodville, CA · November 11, 1995

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Date
November 11, 1995 · 12:05 local
Place
Woodville, CA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N912BS
Reported as
Amtrmo SONERAI2
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW2100VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
690 total184 in this make and model5 in the last 90 days
N912BSRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 1996 · Smith Leon B JR SONERAI II LS/N 1189LAirframe modelSmith Leon B JR SONERAI II L

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: on 11-11-95 at approximately 1205 PST, N912BS, a leon b. smith, jr., soneria ii, owned and operated by leon b. smith jr., was on a FAR 91 pleasure flight under visual meteorological conditions through out all flight conditions at an altitude of 1500 MSL over Woodville, CA when the pilot experienced total engine failure. The commercial pilot had not filed a flight plan and did not have a weather brief. The pilot, the only occupant, sustained minor injuries. The flight originated at porterville municipal airport at approximately 1200 PST. The pilot crashed in an alfalfa field with minor damage to the aircraft. Analysis disclosed the engine dual coils had overheated causing internal failure that resulted in no high voltage output to the sparkplugs. The source of the malfunction was traced to the electronic tachometer grounding fault. The negative wires leading from both coils were connected together through a single pole switch direct to the electronic tachometer. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON 11-11-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 1205 PST, N912BS, A LEON B. SMITH, JR., SONERIA II, OWNED AND OPERATED BY LEON B. SMITH JR., WAS ON A FAR 91 PLEASURE FLIGHT UNDER VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH OUT ALL FLIGHT CONDITIONS AT AN ALTITUDE OF 1500 MSL OVER WOODVILLE, CA WHEN THE PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT HAD NOT FILED A FLIGHT PLAN AND DID NOT HAVE A WEATHER BRIEF. THE PILOT, THE ONLY OCCUPANT, SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT PORTERVILLE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 PST. THE PILOT CRASHED IN AN ALFALFA FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. ANALYSIS DISCLOSED THE ENGINE DUAL COILS HAD OVERHEATED CAUSING INTERNAL FAILURE THAT RESULTED IN NO HIGH VOLTAGE OUTPUT TO THE SPARKPLUGS. THE SOURCE OF THE MALFUNCTION WAS TRACED TO THE ELECTRONIC TACHOMETER GROUNDING FAULT. THE NEGATIVE WIRES LEADING FROM BOTH COILS WERE CONNECTED TOGETHER THROUGH A SINGLE POLE SWITCH DIRECT TO THE ELECTRONIC TACHOMETER. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.