# Accident 20131016020739A: Fuller Van L SONEX, Palatine, NY, October 16, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2013, 18:10 local time
- Place: Palatine, NY
- Airport: Hisert'S Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9833° N, 74.5167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9833&lon=-74.5167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N68VF, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N68VF) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fuller Van L SONEX (registry code 05610LK, https://openairdocs.org/model/fuller-van-l-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FULLER VAN L SONEX
- Reported engine: VOLKSWAGON TYPE 1 DIR DRIVE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Sport pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 390 total, 40 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131016020739A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16, 2013 AT APPROXIMATELY 18:10 CERTIFICATED SPORT PILOT DEPARTED HISERT'S FIELD (PRIVATE AIR STRIP) TO FLY THE PATTERN IN HIS SONEX, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT.  DURING THE SECOND TIME FLYING THE PATTERN, PILOT STATED THAT HE INTENDED TO LAND BUT WAS 'A LITTLE HIGH AND LONG' SO HE DECIDED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND. SHORTLY AFTER ADVANCING THROTTLE FOR POWER TO GO-AROUND, PILOT STATED THAT THE 'ENGINE POPPED A COUPLE OF TIMES AND QUIT'.  PILOT ALSO STATED THAT HE HAD NO ALTITUDE OR TIME AND FORCE LANDED IN A LARGE CORN FIELD.  UPON LANDING THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED INVERTED AND CAME TO REST THAT WAY.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDED BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS WERE BENT AFT AND THE RH MAIN WHEEL ASSEMBLY HAD SEPERATED FROM THE LANDING GEAR STRUT. BOTH WING TIPS WERE BENT AND WRINKLED AND WINDSHIELD AND WINDOW GLASS WERE BROKEN OUT.  DUE TO LIMITED ON SITE ACCESS IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE WETHER THERE WAS FIREWALL OR SPAR DAMAGE. SEE BLOCK #43 FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

## 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 ERA14LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA018), Oct 16, 2013: Fuller Van L Sonex (N68VF), Palatine, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because a test run and partial teardown of the engine did not reveal any anomalies.

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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