- Date
- October 6, 1986, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Arab, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44KCStahl-Ameter Monnett Sonerai II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861006087039A
- Case key
- 34312
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that the aircraft had capacity for ten gallons of usable fuel, and that he flew for less that an hour before landing at columbia, Illinois. According to the pilot, the sight gauges were not accurate on the ground and he did not visually check the tanks since he thought he had enough fuel to fly to poplar bluff, Missouri. The engine lost power while at cruise 25NM short of his destination airport and the pilot landed in tree tops and nosed into the ground after maneuvering to a forced landing. Post-accident investigation found no fuel in the tank, fuel lines, nor fuel strainer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44KC
- Reported as
- Stahl-Ameter Monnett Sonerai II (MONNETT SO)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 00291
- Airframe hours
- 246
- Engine
- Volkswagen 7579 EVA-1600, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Richard W. Bowie
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 20, 1984 · 106 hours before
- Departed
- H49 · Columbia, IL
- Destination
- POF · Poplar Bluff, MO
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 164 total · 92 in this make and model · 126 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 26 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.