- Date
- March 14, 1983, 16:21 local (21:21 UTC)
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N86BBBrown Sonera II L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830314024039A
- Case key
- 6034
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing after the engine lost power on the base leg of the landing pattern. The weather was VMC and no flight plan was filed. The pilot stated that he had worked on the carburetor prior to this flightand had also moved the fuel line going to the gascolator. The pilot improperly installed the gasolator and it was found to be leaking after the accident. The pilot believes this leak caused fuel exhaustion and loss of power. The sight glassused as a fuel gauge does not show quantity below 5 gallons and as a result the pilot could not judge any change in rateof consumption for the last third of his fuel supply.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86BB
- Reported as
- Brown Sonera II L (SONERA II)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 900
- Airframe hours
- 52
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2020CC, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Brown
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 18, 1982 · 52 hours before
- Departed
- LGC · La Grange, GA
- Airport
- BWG · Bowling Green
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight engineer, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 52 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BWG, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.