- Date
- September 10, 1984, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- De Pere, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N2265NDenil Sonera II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840910047789A
- Case key
- 12773
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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.
In flight collision with object
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Diverted attentionFactor
Object - wire,transmissionFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Plt stated that on initial climb, he became distracted by an insect in the cockpit and the acft drifted off the right side of the rwy, colliding with telephone lines near the end of the rwy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2265N
- Reported as
- Denil Sonera II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 10023
- Airframe hours
- 60
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1700CC, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David A. Denil
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1984
- Departed
- 92C · Pulaski, WI
- Destination
- W178 · Green Bay, WI
- Airport
- WI78 · Martins Aerodrome, runway 19, 2,000 × 100 ft
N2265NRegistration cancelled Aug 31, 2012 · Denil-David SONERAI IIAirframe modelDenil-David SONERAI IIEngine modelVolkswagen CONVERSION
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
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Expired
- Flight hours
- 400 total · 60 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 19 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.