- Date
- October 29, 1977
- Place
- Huntley, IL · HUNTLEY, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N101JSSonerai 11B
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771029036639A
- Case key
- 144512
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3458 77/10/29 NR.HUNTLEY,IL SONERAI 11B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1300 TIME - 1630 N101JS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTLEY,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: MAGNETOS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUNDED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXPOSED LEAD SHORTED OUT MAG. LNDD IN CORN FIELD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101JS
- Reported as
- Sonerai 11B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N101JSRegistration cancelled Aug 25, 2016 · Suarez SONERAI IIBAirframe modelSuarez SONERAI IIBEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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