# Accident 20001021039079A: Amtr SONERAI2, Manassas, VA, October 21, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2000, 14:08 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7085° N, 77.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7085&lon=-77.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N188P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N188P-2001-04-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Conn Robert R SONERAI II (registry code 056593F, https://openairdocs.org/model/conn-robert-r-sonerai-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR SONERAI2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD01LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001021039079A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT FLYING FROM WINCHESTER, VA. TO HYDE FIELD, MD WAS CROSSING MOUNTAINS AT 3200 FT HIT TURBULANCE, PILOT WAS TALKING TO DULLES APPROACH. PILOT HIT INSTRUMENT PANEL DUE TO TURBULANCE AND HIS KNEE HIT THE RIGHT BOOST PUMP SWITCH AND THE SWITCH WAS INOPERATIVE HE HAD FUEL PRESSURE INDICATED ON THE GAUGE AND DECIDED TO LAND AT MANASSAS AIRPORT, 6 MILES OUT, FUEL PRESSURE DROPPED TO ZERO AND HE DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH DULLES. AT 2400 FT NOW DULLES APPROACH TOLD HIM TO CALL MANASSAS. THEN HE WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND ENGINE STOPPED. HE ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34L AT MANASSAS AIRPORT. 1/2 MILES SHORT OF THE RUNWAY THE A/C HIT A TREE AND FLIPPED OVER. PILOT HAD MINOR SCRATCHES ONLY.

## 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 IAD01LA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD01LA008), Oct 21, 2000: Conn Sonerai II (N188P), Manassas, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Fuel starvation of the engine, caused by the fracturing of the fuel pump switches during a turbulence encounter.

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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