# Incident 20160911017769I: Beckley Don A SONEX, Salome, AZ, September 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 2016, 08:25 local time
- Place: Salome, AZ
- Airport: Indian Hills Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7592° N, 113.6155° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK (2AZ1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7592&lon=-113.6155&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7659B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7659B-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beckley Don A SONEX (registry code 056263H, https://openairdocs.org/model/beckley-don-a-sonex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jabiru 3300 (registry code 34801, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jabiru-3300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BECKLEY DON A SONEX
- Reported engine: JABIRU 3300
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 588 total, 296 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160911017769I

## Narrative

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

ON 09/11/2016 SONEX EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT N7659B, AFTER DEPARTING THE INDIAN HILLS AIRPARK (2AZ1) NEAR SALOME ARIZONA, EXPERIENCED A LACK OF POWER TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER BACK TO THE AIRPARK TO LAND BUT REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO SO. THE PILOT THEN SELECTED AN AREA 1,000 FT. NORTH AND 500 FT. WEST OF THE AIRPARK, WITH NO STRUCTURES OR OBSTRUCTIONS AND CRASH LANDED IN THAT AREA. THE INCIDENT RESULTED IN SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO INCLUDE DAMAGE TO ALL THREE LANDING GEAR AND SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, MINOR DENTS IN THE RIGHT WING, DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE COWLING AND BOTH PROPELLER BLADES WERE SHEARED OFF. THE PILOT RECEIVED ONLY MINOR INJURIES. DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN WELL FOR 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. HE STATED THAT AFTER TAKE-OFF THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING BUT WOULD NOT RESPOND TO THROTTLE ADVANCEMENT. INSPECTION OF THE THROTTLE AND MIXTURE LINKAGES AND OPERATION WAS ALL NORMAL. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE CARBURETOR EXPERIENCED AN INTERNAL FAILURE. AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO CONFIRM OR DISPEL THIS BELIEF.

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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