# Accident 20110709014249A: Bowie Richard SONERAI II, Dudley, MO, July 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2011, 10:30 local time
- Place: Dudley, MO
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7808° N, 90.1031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7808&lon=-90.1031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113RB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113RB-2015-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bowie Richard SONERAI II (registry code 05602RD, https://openairdocs.org/model/bowie-richard-sonerai-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWIE RICHARD SONERAI II
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGEN CONVERSION
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,243 total, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11FA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA469) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110709014249A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2011, APPROXIMATELY 1020 CDT, N113RB DEPARTED DEXTER MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, DEXTER MO (DXE) AND WAS RETURNING TO POPLAR BLUFF, MO (POF), WHICH HE HAD DEPARTED EARLIER THAT MORNING AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 CDT.  NO KNOWN FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 1030 CDT, N113RB WAS FOUND IN A FIELD. FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND THE PILOT, RICHARD W. BOWIE, UNCONSCIOUS, SUFFERING FROM HEAD TRAUMA, AND HE DIED AT THE SCENE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS 25 FEET FROM ITS FIRST IMPACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE LANDING GEAR WAS COLLAPSED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT AND THE WINGS WERE BENT DOWNWARD.  THE ENGINE WAS ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE AND PROPELLER HUB ATTACHED TO THE ENGINE.  ONE PROPELLER WAS BROKEN OFF NEAR THE PROP HUB AND FOUND BEHIND THE THE LEFT AILERON.  THE OTHER PROPELLER APPEARED UNDAMAGED AND ATTACHED TO THE PROP HUB.  THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE.  THE FUEL CAP HAD BEEN EXPELLED AT THE TIME OF IMPACT.  THE FUEL TANK RECEIVED DAMAGE BUT WAS NOT BREACHED.  THE ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION FOUND FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY, THE ENGINE CRANK SHAFT, PISTONS AND VALUES MOVING IN PROPER SEQUENCE AND CYLINDERS DEVELOPING COMPRESSION.  MAGNETO DEVELOPED SPARK ON ALL 4 LEADS AND 4 SPARK PLUGS APPEARED NORMAL BURN.  THERE WAS NO GAS IN THE FUEL LINES AND THE FUEL SUMP BOWL HAD GASOLINE IN THE LOWER HALF, BLUE IN COLOR AND NO PRESENCE OF WATER OR OTHER CONTAMINATION.  THE PILOTS LOGBOOK # 3, 2005 TO PRESENT, SHOWN THAT RICHARD W. BOWIE HAD 53 HOURS LOGGED IN N113RB.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS A HOBBS METER THAT WAS INDICATING 56.7 HOURS.  THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS HAVE NOT BEEN LOCATED AT THIS TIME.

## 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 CEN11FA469](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11FA469), Jul 9, 2011: Bowie Richard Sonerai II (N113RB), Dudley, MO, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: Fuel starvation due to the pilot’s improper fuel management and his decision to conduct the flight while under the influence of marijuana.

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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