- Date
- August 14, 1983, 19:35 local (Aug 15, 1983, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Oxford, IA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N65MBBurnett Sonerai 2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814045309A
- Case key
- 33470
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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
After takeoff, the plt turned to a x-wind leg of the traffic pattern & then the engine lost power. He made a forced landing in an OAT field, but reported that during the approach, he misjudged his height & did not flare in time. Subsequently, the acft landed hard, the gear collapsed & the plane nosed over. Dirt was found in the carburetor & firewall fuel filter. Also, a fibrous material was found in the carburetor mixture control passage. The home built acft had a total flt time of 119 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N65MB
- Reported as
- Burnett Sonerai 2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 99
- Airframe hours
- 119
- Engine
- Volkswagen AIR COOLED, 52 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gary L. Burnett
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 24, 1983 · 16 hours before
- Airport
- IA24 · Green Castle, runway 15, 2,400 × 60 ft, gravel
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 180 total · 100 in this make and model · 87 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- 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.