- Date
- February 2, 1986, 12:15 local (18:15 UTC)
- Place
- Sedgwick, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N23BKKuhn Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860202031249A
- Case key
- 34090
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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
The plt noticed eng oil on the cockpit canopy during the local flt and decided to make a precautionary landing. The landing was made in a wheat field where the acft contacted a fence. The nose gear then collapsed and the acft nosed over. Post accident inspection of the eng disclosed an oil leak at the oil radiator hose connection on top of the eng. Post accident inspection revealed the eng still contained the required amount of oil. No other discrepancies were noted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23BK
- Reported as
- Kuhn Sonerai II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1067
- Airframe hours
- 125
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1834CC, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert M. Kuhn
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 11, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- EWK · Newton, KS
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
- 54
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 332 total · 156 in this make and model · 286 as pilot in command · 36 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 79° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at
- ICT, 17 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.