- Date
- October 4, 1985, 08:37 local (12:37 UTC)
- Place
- Traverse City, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N47GLLeone Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851004049089A
- Case key
- 13294
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Fluid,fuel - exhaustion
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
In flight collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Loss of control - in flight
Aircraft handling - not maintainedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft contacted a tree and impacted the terrain in a nose down attitude during a forced landing following a loss of pwr which resulted from fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N47GL
- Reported as
- Leone Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 635
- Airframe hours
- 44
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1914, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Giovanni T. Leone
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1985 · 44 hours before
- Departed
- TVC · Traverse City, MI
N47GLRegistered now · Leone Giovanni T SONERAI IIAirframe modelLeone Giovanni T 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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 550 total · 13 in this make and model · 402 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 7 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.