- Date
- November 19, 1986, 17:35 local (22:35 UTC)
- Place
- Wayland, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N28KDDevries Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861119074739A
- Case key
- 13563
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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.
Analysis
The volkswagen engine of this homebuilt aircraft lost power sometime during flight. Subsequently, the aircraft crashed during a forced landing in a field. The pilot received serious head injuries during impact and could not remember details of the accident. Also, the engine was badly damaged and no preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28KD
- Reported as
- Devries Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1570
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1700 CC, 80 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kelvin Devries
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 16, 1986
- Departed
- 41C · Wayland, MI
- Airport
- 41C · Wayland
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
- 30
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 728 total · 545 in this make and model · 342 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 130° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRR, 20 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.