# Accident 20050918022639A: Amtr VANSRV8, Sonoma, CA, September 18, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 2005, 18:45 local time
- Place: Sonoma, CA
- Airport: Sonoma Sky Park Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2575° N, 122.4346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SONOMA SKYPARK (0Q9), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2575&lon=-122.4346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N559JC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N559JC-2019-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Clark James T VANS RV8 (registry code 05616Y7, https://openairdocs.org/model/clark-james-t-vans-rv8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR VANSRV8
- Reported engine: PWERSPORT215
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 163 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050918022639A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING FINAL APPROACH PHASE OF FLIGHT TO RUNWAY 26 AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED FOLLOWING ACTIVATION OF THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL FUEL PUMPS. PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE DISABLED THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC FLAPS, ELECTRONIC IGNITION, AND ELECTRICAL PROPELLER PITCH. THIS RESULTED IN A HIGH APPROACH SPEED OF ABOUT 100 TO 110 KNOTS WITH NO MEANS FOR THE PILOT TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT SPEED AND NO ENGINE POWER TO ABORT THE LANDING. PILOT DETERMINED THAT DUE TO THE AIRCRAFT SPEED THERE WAS INADEQUATE STOPPING DISTANCE FOR THE AIRCRAFT TO SAFELY LAND AND OPTED TO ABORT LANDING AT APPROXIMATELY MID FIELD TURNING AND CLIMBING TO THE LEFT OVER AN ADJACENT VINEYARD. PILOT THEN TURNED LEFT AND LANDED AIRCRAFT ON AN 8 FOOT WIDE VINEYARD ROW THAT RAN PARALLEL TO THE AIRPORT RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N559JC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20170714024529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170714024529A), Jul 14, 2017: Clark James T VANS RV8 (N559JC), Spokane, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed Spokane, felts field enroute to deer park. Approximately 2 miles north of felts field at 3000' pilot noticed unusual engine noise.…

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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