- Date
- October 25, 1987, 17:20 local (Oct 26, 1987, 00:20 UTC)
- Place
- Patagonia, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N505BWWarnke Sonerie II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871025060759A
- Case key
- 25722
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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
During a local flight, the engine lost power. Subsequently, the aircraft was extensively damaged during a forced landingin mountainous terrain. The reason for the power loss was reported to be from an electrical malfunction of the ignition system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N505BW
- Reported as
- Warnke Sonerie II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 92525
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Volkswagen ENG, 75 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Warnke, Bernard J.
- Registered owner
- Bernhard J Warnke
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · October 18, 1987
- Departed
- RYN · Tucson, AZ
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 65 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.