# Accident 19960830025469A: Mankovich Stanley J JR REVENGE, IN, August 30, 1996

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1996, 12:35 local time
- Place: IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3006° N, 85.7207° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3006&lon=-85.7207&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7037J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7037J-1997-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mankovich Stanley J JR REVENGE (registry code 05616AC, https://openairdocs.org/model/mankovich-stanley-j-jr-revenge) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI96FA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA322) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960830025469A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT PARTICIPATING IN PYLON RACE. CRASHED. (-23) ON AUGUST 30, 1996, AT 1235 ESDT, A MONNETT SONERAI-1, EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN A CORN FIELD, 2 MILES NNE OF CLARK COUNTY AIRPORT, JEFFERSONVILLE, IN WHILE ON APPROACH TO LANDING. VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED AND THE PILOT SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AS A FLIGHT OF FOUR (4) AIRCRAFT FROM SEYMOUR, IN ON AUGUST 30, 1996 AT 1210 ESDT.

## 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 CHI96FA322](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI96FA322), Aug 30, 1996: Mankovich Sonerai (N7037J), Jeffersonville, IN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: inadequate maintenance and inspection of the airplane by the pilot/owner and other airframe and powerplant mechanics, which failed to assure adequate sealing of the engine firewall, and led to the…

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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