- Date
- April 27, 1985, 17:14 local (Apr 28, 1985, 00:14 UTC)
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N922GGGamble Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850427015729A
- Case key
- 16574
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over during a forced landing short of the rwy following a loss of pwr. The plt stated that after takeoff he noticed a rise in the cylinder head temperature. He attempted a landing and overshot the rwy. During the plt's second landing attempt, eng pwr was lost and the acft touched down short of the rwy. The plt attributed the high cylinder head temperature and loss of pwr to improper eng cowl baffling. The plt had just completed building the acft and this was it's first flight.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N922GG
- Reported as
- Gamble Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 922
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1835CC, 60 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerry P. Gamble
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 16, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- U42 · Salt Lake City Muni. #2, runway 34, 6,100 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 370 total · 140 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLC, 10 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.