- Date
- August 4, 1986, 19:35 local (Aug 5, 1986, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Trenton, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N325WBBernard Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860804037239A
- Case key
- 7000
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witnesses reported seeing the acft spin to ground impact with a section of the right wing hanging. Post accident exam revealed the outboard half (aprx 4 ft) of the right wing was bent aprx 120 degrees to the inside half of the right wing. Monnett experimental aircraft service bulletin no. 002 addressed flight envelope restirction necessary to prevent inflight wing failures due to overloads. It is not known if these restrictions were adheared to. The previous acft owner had installed a 14 inch extension on the wings prior to this service bulletin. The effect on the structural integrity by the addition of the extensions in unknown.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N325WB
- Reported as
- Bernard Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 325
- Engine
- Continental A-75, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Anthony W. Lewis
- Registered owner
- James J. Moughan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1985
- Departed
- CKV · Clarksville, TN
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOP, 15 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.