- Date
- June 13, 1984, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Troy, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1394HRobert Judd Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840613030399A
- Case key
- 12647
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that after a local flt he began a reduced power (1800 RPM) descent from 4500 ft MSL back to the arpt. At 3300 ft MSL the eng quit. The plt was unable to restart the eng as the prop was not windmilling & the acft was not equipped with an eng starter. The wing scraped a parked vehicle about 100 ft from the approach end of the rwy before the acft collided with a fence. The spark plugs & exhaust pipes were reportedly covered with black soot. The carburetor was not equipped with carburetor heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1394H
- Reported as
- Robert Judd Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 809
- Airframe hours
- 19
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1850 CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bradley T. Curtis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1984 · 19 hours before
- Airport
- 3BB · Big Beaver Airport, runway 27, 2,400 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 145 total · 9 in this make and model · 111 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DET, 12 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.