# Accident 20130716016259A: Thompson Bruce D SONERAI II, Pulaski, TN, July 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2013, 08:05 local time
- Place: Pulaski, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1597° N, 87.0669° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1597&lon=-87.0669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N788T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N788T-2018-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Thompson Bruce D SONERAI II (registry code 05659N9, https://openairdocs.org/model/thompson-bruce-d-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: THOMPSON BRUCE D SONERAI II
- Reported engine: AMA/EXPR UNKNOWN ENG
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 120 total, 9 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA320) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130716016259A

## Narrative

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

THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT HAD A REPORTED ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. IT TAXIED TO RWY 34. WINDS REPORTED AT KGZS WERE 140 AT 3 KNOTS. THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE PILOT GOT OUT AND STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN (HAND PROP). THE EYEWITNESS ESTIMATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ABOUT 2500 FEET REMAINING TO TAKEOFF ON A 0.8% UPSLOPING RUNWAY, DOWNWIND. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS 1705 FEET.

THE AIRCRAFT STEEPLY ROTATED AT THE NUMBERS AND CRASHED 2900 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE 16 NUMBERS. IT WAS IN A STEEP VERTICAL DESCENT. THE AIRCRAFT CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION. THE LAST INSPECTION WAS DONE 5/17/2012. THIS IS A VIOLATION OF 14CFR 91.409.

THE STEEP CLIMB AND RESULTING SPIN INDICATE AN AIRMAN COMPETENCE ISSUE.

## 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 ERA13LA320](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA320), Jul 16, 2013: Thompson Bruce D Sonerai II (N788T), Pulaski, TN, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a near-vertical climb after takeoff, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and subsequent collision with terrain.

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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