- Date
- May 5, 1984, 15:37 local (20:37 UTC)
- Place
- Berlin, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3994GGable Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840505015859A
- Case key
- 12598
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
This homebuilt acft stalled during a forced landing after an engine failure. The plt reported that the engine temperature went to 650 degrees which was an overheat condition. The plt stated that he tried to return to the arpt but stalled 20 ft short of rwy 27 and crashed in a swampy area. FAA advised that the owner had tried to modify an opening inthe cowling for cooling but due to positioning and area the result was a lack of cooling.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3994G
- Reported as
- Gable Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 386
- Airframe hours
- 2
- Engine
- Volkswagen NOT REPORTED, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald J. Gable
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 1983
- Airport
- 45C · Berlin, runway 9, 2,200 × 75 ft, grass/turf
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 107 total · 2 in this make and model · 78 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 18 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.