- Date
- April 7, 1987, 10:50 local (15:50 UTC)
- Place
- Algoma, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N131DEErickson Sonerai 2L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 2, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870407008699A
- Case key
- 13574
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While in normal cruise flight the crankshaft failed at the propeller flange and the propeller departed the aircraft. The pilot executed a forced landing to a farm field. He was unable to flare successfully and lost control during landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N131DE
- Reported as
- Erickson Sonerai 2L
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 01312L
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Volkswagen 2180CC, 74 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Byron E. Giovannetti
- Registered owner
- Byron E Giovannetti
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- MKE · Milwaukee, WI
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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,384 total · 32 in this make and model · 1,189 as pilot in command · 23 in the last 90 days · 13 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GRB, 32 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.