# NTSB MKC83LA192: Burnett Sonerai 2, N65MB, Oxford, IA, August 15, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 14, 1983, 19:35 local (Aug 15, 1983, 00:35 UTC)
- Place: Oxford, IA
- Coordinates: 41.979278, -90.95021 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9793&lon=-90.9502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33470
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA192
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33470/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA192

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical, climb
  - fluid,fuel - contamination (cause)
  - fuel system,carburetor - blocked(total) (cause)
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65MB-2018-05-31), registration cancelled 2018-05-31, S/N 99, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BURNETT SONERAI 2
- Registry model: [Burnett SONERAI II](https://openairdocs.org/model/burnett-sonerai-ii) (registry code 0565980) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Volkswagen CONVERSION](https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (registry code 63501, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 99
- Airframe hours: 119
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830814045309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830814045309A), Aug 14, 1983: Amtrmo SONERAI2, Oxford, IA, Substantial damage. Engine quit after takeoff. Failed to flare for landing in an open field. Found dirt and fiber in fuel and carburetor.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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